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TAG At A Glance

2013: Optimized and Operating at Full Force

  • New Zealand market drives value of TAG's oil up to 30% higher, and gas up to 100% higher, than Q1 2013 North American prices.
  • TAG Oil continues its Taranaki Basin drilling program success with six consecutive Sidewinder oil and gas discoveries, and more in the pipeline.
  • $30 million Cheal and Sidewinder infrastructure expansion successfully completed on time and on budget, giving TAG the capacity to fully commercialize its onshore Taranaki Basin assets.
  • New exploration opportunities are pursued in the high-impact Kapuni Formation and the vast East Coast.
  • Control of approximately $100 million in critical infrastructure positions TAG as a prominent New Zealand producer.

2012: Exceeding Expectation & Setting Higher Goals

  • TAG looks ahead: prepares to drill in the East Coast Basin, and expects to exit calendar year 2012 producing more than 4,000 boe (50% oil) per day
  • 19 successful Taranaki Basin wells drilled in a row
  • Rolling upgrades & infrastructure increase production capabilities, with more in the works
  • National Bank Financial and Credit Suisse brings analyst coverage to nine
  • Company sees a 227% increase in production revenue, 300% increase in reserves
  • TAG is featured in The Street, Forbes, Business News Network
  • Significant infrastructure and workover begins to free up excess behind-pipe oil and gas
  • Permits acquired for nearly two million acres in the East Coast and Canterbury basins
  • TAG closes $46,345,750 bought deal offering at $10.45 per share
  • Cheal B-7 becomes TAG's 14th consecutive successful oil and gas well to come on stream

2011: Growing Successes

  • New light oil discoveries at Cheal
  • TAG graduates from TSX-V to the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX)
  • Light oil discoveries at Sidewinder-2, 3 and 4 in quick succession
  • Sidewinder Production Facility breaks ground
  • Independent Sproule Int'l increases TAG's Taranaki reserve estimates
  • Trading on OTCQX International in the U.S.
  • New multi-zone light oil discovery with Cheal B4-ST
  • Cheal field drilling begins, targeting production and reserve growth

2010: Discovery and Production

  • TAG flows oil from bypassed discovery
  • Cardiff gas/condensate discovery acquired
  • Operations moving at fast past
  • TAG proves technology-driven results
  • Drilling validates tight oil prospects
  • KawaKawa tight oil prospect secured

2009: Transformation

  • TAG acquires Trans-Orient, 100% of tight oil play
  • TAG Acquires 100% of Cheal oil discovery
  • Operating costs reduced by 75% to $19 per barrel
  • Net cash flow increases by approximately 300%
  • Core acreage in the Taranaki Basin expanded by 18,465 acres
  • TAG looks forward, restructures

2008: Retrenching

  • TAG pulls up stakes in Canterbury
  • Cheal dispute settled favorably with operator Austral Pacific
  • Exploration activity slows, high risk prospects dropped, G and A slashed
  • Oil prices dip in midst of financial crisis

2007: Highs and Lows

  • TAG Oil becomes an oil producer with official opening of Cheal
  • 13,643 net barrels of Cheal oil generated only $938,838 in gross revenue
  • High commodity prices and licensing disagreements create new challenges

2006: Growth

  • The concept of Peak Oil widely accepted
  • A diverse portfolio of prospects established
  • TAG flows first oil
  • More onshore Taranaki permits acquired
  • Canaccord Adams raises $30 million for TAG with institutions to excel exploration campaign

2005: Pieces in Place

  • TAG acquires permit interests, increasing its land base to 1,512,710 net acres
  • Complex operations, including 3-D seismic and a detailed geochemical survey, managed in-house
  • More aggressive wildcat exploration drilling begins
  • Canaccord raises $15 million for TAG with institutions enhances balance sheet
  • Secures listing on TSX-V
  • Canaccord Capital Corporation sponsors TAG

2004: Establishing Roots

  • TAG increases its New Zealand acreage portfolio
  • Completes the largest onshore seismic survey ever acquired in New Zealand
  • Prospects identified in the Taranaki and Canterbury Basin

2003: Implementation

  • TAG continues to build up permit stakes in the Taranaki Basin
  • Drilling planned
  • More start-up Capital raised

2002: Emergence

  • TAG embarks on a strategic initiative to acquire projects in New Zealand
  • Still in the minority of those touting the concept of Peak Oil
  • TAG Oil is born