Title: Developing Oil
1TSX-V NSG
Developing Oil Gas Opportunities in South
America
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industry, financing risks, labour risks,
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3New Sage Growth Strategy
- Pursue near-production, farm-in opportunities
in established basins of Latin America which are
known to have highly prolific oil and gas
resources - Focus on countries with stable governments and
fiscal policies - Partner with established companies with strong
local knowledge and experience - Capitalize on national expertise and
established operators in countries of focus - Current financial environment is presenting
many lucrative opportunities with very
attractive terms
4Why Oil and Gas in South America?
- Mature geology and many favourable investment
environments - Many parts of South America have highly
prolific oil and gas reserves - South America maintains extensive availability
of unexplored and underdeveloped regions - Relatively low operating costs
5Colombia
- Stable government with re-election of Alvaro
Uribe - Clear rules
- Country respects contracts
- Good fiscal conditions
- Improved security provides entry into new oil
territory - Colombias National Agency for HydroCarbons
(ANH) created a Non-Nationalized Energy Policy in
2003, allowing international oil and gas
companies to compete for exploration and
production contracts with a favorable royalty and
tax regime which has resulted in the signing of
128 exploration and production agreements
during 2004-2007 - 100 ownership upon exploration success
- Sliding Royalty Rate of starting at 8 for
production of 5,000 barrels per day or less - Tax at 33
- No state participation
- 6-year initial exploration phase
- Production period of 24 years
- Offers moderate risk production exploitation
with large exploration upside - Proven and mature with producers including
major companies such as Exxon-Mobil, BP, Chevron
and Talisman Energy - Numerous recent success by junior Oil and Gas
companies including Argenta Oil and Gas, Gran
Tierra, Solana Resources, Loon, Petrominerales,
Petroliferra, Petro Vista, and others point to
high success rate
6Brazil
- Investment grade rating with significant
resource base and good capacity for the supply of
goods and services made it an attractive
country to operate in - Fiscal Terms
- Royalties 30
- Corporate Tax Rate 34
- Second largest proven reserve base in Latin
America with 13.7 billion bbls - 322,000 sq. km under concession for exploration
and development - Industry has grown over 300 since 1997
- The vast majority of Brazils reserve base is
predominantly oil with basins still having large
unexplored areas - The National Agency of Petroleum (ANP) is
committed to the stability of rules, strict
contract enforcement and absolute transparency of
procedures - 10 years of the Petroleum Law and the ANP
- Among the countries with the highest level of
data acquisition - Major companies in Brazil included Andarko
Petroleum, Chevron, Devon, Exxon-Mobil, Shell,
Statoil Hydro, Transperto and Petrobas
7Argentina
- Large country with proven hydrocarbon basins,
the Neuquén basin is geologically similar to
Western Canada and has total reserves of 5.5
billion bbls - Multiple under explored and underdeveloped
regions - Argentina has a long and mature oil history
with the countrys oil zones offering available
services, infrastructure, human resources and
markets - Geography and climate help keep well costs
down - Production remains relatively stable while
consumption has continued to rise - Fiscal Regime
- Sliding Royalty Scale (up to 15)
- Export Duty 45 up top revenue cap
- Revenue cap at US 60.90/bbl (producer receives
US 42/bbl) - Majors operating include Chevron, Shell, CNCP,
Total, Repsol YPF - Small to mid-cap companies include Antrim,
Argenta Oil and Gas, Statoil
8Chile
- A Investment Grade Ratings
- Government has opened blocks to bid for
exploration and development opportunities - Track record of project finance structures in
progress such as the 1.2 billion investment in
the Quintero LNG project, Chiles first liquefied
natural gas infrastructure terminal -
9The Model Americas Petrogas A Case study
- June 2007
- New Sage acquires a 10 equity stake in Americas
Petrogas, operating in the Nequen Basin,
Argentina - New Sage also establishes a joint venture farm-in
relationship to earn working interests on
specific projects - July 2008
- API raises 20 million
- October 2008
- API begins trading on TSX Venture Exchange and
announces oil discoveries on first three holes
at Medanito Sur Project
10About Americas Petrogas
- A Canadian oil and gas company focused on
underdeveloped hydrocarbon basins in South
America - Maintains a portfolio of properties and
opportunities of 1.1 million acres in the Neuquén
Basin, the most prolific oil and gas region of
Argentina - Neuquén Basin is ideally positioned to
aggressively grow a profitable oil and gas
company - Americas Petrogas is governed by a strong and
experienced management team that holds many years
experience within the Domestic and International
Oil Gas industry - APIs extensive portfolio consists of very
large exploration/exploitation blocks, making up
a massive land base in the prolific and proven
Neuquén Basin . This provides "running room" for
many years - Americas Petrogas has realized value in
Argentina by entering at an opportune time - (Land, Deals Low Oil Price)
11Neuquén-Basin, Argentina
- Neuquén is a province of Argentina, located in
the west of the country - Neuquén Basin is the most prolific oil and gas
region of Argentina but relatively unexplored
over vast areas - Contains the majority of the proven oil and
gas reserves of their respective countries as
well as the - majority of the production.
- Active producers include Chevron, Apache,
Occidental, Total, Petrolifera Petro Andina - 1.35 million acres
- 3P reserves of 77.1 million boe valued at 451
million PV10 - Upside with API International Development Plan
- The Neuquén Basin covers 160,000 sq.km of
Neuquén Province with parts of Mendoza, La Pampa - and Rio Negro Provinces.
- Lies on the eastern flank of majestic mountain
ranges. The Andes has been substantially
influenced in
12New Sage Energy Management
- John Carlesso, President CEO
- President of Cervello Capital, a Private
Merchant Bank - Extensive Resource Company operating
experience throughout South America - Co-Founder and Director of Explorator
Resources - Gary Anstey, Vice-President Corporate Development
- Former GR Consultant to numerous Natural
Resource projects and clients including
Hibernia Management and Development Co. (HMDC),
Husky Energy, Exxon-Mobil, Petro-Canada,
Chevron, The Canadian Association of Petroleum
Producers (CAPP) and Voiseys Bay Nickel Co.
Ltd. - Douglas J. Bartole, Director
- President CEO of Vero Energy, a Canadian
Mid-Cap Energy Producer - Successful career history with several
Canadian Majors - Douglas M. Stuve, Director
- Partner with the law firm Burstall, Winger LLP
- Extensive experience representing both Major
and Junior Exploration Oil and Gas clients -
- John Varghese, Director
- Managing Partner, Venture Link Funds Inc.
- Experienced early stage investor in the Energy
Sector
13Investment Highlights
- Abundance of unexplored and underdeveloped
regions in South America - Demand for oil is at an all-time high
accounting for a large percentage of the worlds
energy consumption - Experienced Management Team with many years of
experience in Domestic and international - Oil Gas industry
14Corporate Overview
Capital Structure Stock Symbol NSG
TSX-V 52-Week High/Low
0.5/ 0.155 Issued and Outstanding
31,292,478 Warrants
3,119,107 Options
2,900,000 Fully Diluted
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