Credit Suisse Small and Mid Cap Conference September 20, 2012
Core Areas of Operations Warren Resources, Inc. Proved Net Reserves as of 12/31/11: CASPER NEW 22.3 mmboe (15 oil, 7.3 natural gas) YORK 46% oil reserve growth in 2011 LONG BEACH Current Average Net Production: 5,500 boepd (3500…
California: Wilmington Oil Field Overview Los Angeles Warren Property Highlights Within the 3rd largest U.S. oilfield Shallow waterfloods in the Tar, Ranger and Upper Terminal formations 9- 17 gravity oil Deeper Ford…
Wyoming: Atlantic Rim CBM Gas Warren Property Highlights Spyglass Hill Mega Unit: 60,000 gross acres held by production 25-well per year Unit drilling commitment for 10 years Spyglass Hill 1 Bcf estimated EUR per 80 acre Mega…
Acquisition of Anadarko Interests Atlantic Rim Acquiring certain of Anadarkos oil and gas interest in the Atlantic Rim project, Washakie Basin, WY and 100% of Western Gas Resources interest in the midstream assets in the Atlantic…
Atlantic Rim Producing Zones Atlantic Rim Spyglass Hill Mega Unit W Mesaverde Outcrop E - 2,000' - 6,000' - 10,000' CBM Down Dip Productive Limits Ten Miles NASDAQ: WRES 6
Reasons to Invest Oil-weighted producer: 90% by revenue 22% CAGR 6-year oil production growth Top quartile Total Shareholder Return vs Peers over past 3 years 60% rate of return targeted for 2012 new wells Attractive Oil Assets in…
Business Strategy Production & Reserves Growth 6-8 year oil drilling inventory in CA with 25-30 mmbo net reserve additions potential 46% oil reserve growth in 2011 20+ year gas drilling inventory in Wyoming Fund 2012 capex of…
Wyoming: Recent Gas Production Warren Production 16,000 14,000 12,000 10,000 MCFD 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 Jan-05 Jan-06 Jan-07 Jan-08 Jan-09 Jan-10 Jan-11 Jan-12 NASDAQ: WRES 11
California Oil Development WTU Redevelopments since 1937 Description Tar Historical BOPD Warren succeeded in redeveloping 2000 bopd the Tar interval with targeted Oil Cut horizontal drilling, increasing BOPD Warren…
California: Wilmington Townlot Unit NASDAQ: WRES 13
California Oil: Environmentally Friendly WTU CENTRALIZED DRILLING AND PRODUCTION CELLARS * Warrens drilling cellars received the IOGCC 2011 Environmental Stewardship Award for independent oil companies. NASDAQ: WRES 14
California Oil: Environmentally Friendly Warren Rig 1 is sound proofed completely enclosed. NASDAQ: WRES 15
California Oil: Wilmington Field Producing Zones SW Tar NE Ranger Terminal - 3000' Union Pacific Ford/237 - 6000' Schist Productive Basement - 9000' Limits One Mile NASDAQ: WRES 16
California Oil: Reservoir Modeling and Drilling Technology Well Placement Utilizing State-of-the-Art LWD Technology NASDAQ: WRES 17
California Oil: Tar Reservoir Tar Reservoir Horizontal Development Cross-section showing saturations in NW area of Tar NASDAQ: WRES 18
Targeted Sinusoidal Drilling Actual NWU Ranger well path shown Shale Sand Well path 180 amplitude Sinusoidal well shown above NASDAQ: WRES 19
California Oil: Tar Type Well Illustrative Economics (1) IRR 80 NYMEX = 100+% NYMEX Oil Price 80 NYMEX Price Required for 45 10% ROR Sales adjustment 10% Realized Price (Boe) 72 LOE, Gathering & Transportation (17.50 )…
2012 Milestones 6 California DOGGR injection well permits received in 2012 Improved reservoir pressure maintenance will shallow production decline 17 WTU oil wells drilled in 2012 Rate of return for 2012 new well drilling targeted…
Strong Assets & Significant Accomplishments World Class Assets 25-30 mmbo oil reserves potential California 250-300 bcf gas potential in Wyoming Strong Growth Track Record 22% CAGR 6-year oil growth rate 60-100% rate of return…
September 2012 Corporate Presentation Financial Highlights
Historical Financial Performance 6 months Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended 2012 2011 2010 2009 Total production (MBOE) 954 1,748 1,744 1,600 Adjusted EBITDAX 31,667 50,511 52,061 25,581 Balance Sheet Information…
Peer Valuations Enterprise Value per Proved Developed BOE 600.00 / Proved Developed BOE 518.69 500.00 400.00 300.00 200.00 171.61 109.15 100.00 91.72 39.31 42.18 47.74 48.67 22.38 24.54 31.74 0.00 WRES33%…
Peer Analysis: 2-Year F&D 100% /BOE 19.74 75% 50% 9.30 25% Warren Resources Peer Group Average Source: EnerCom, Inc. Five Factor Model * Costs incurred divided by the sum of extension, discoveries, revisions and…
Peer Analysis: TTM OPEX/G&A 70.00 60.00 100% 50.00 40.00 /BOE 30.00 26.86 75% 26.15 50% 20.00 25% 10.00 0.00 Warren Resources Peer Group Average Source: EnerCom, Inc. Five Factor Model * (OPEX + G&A) divided…
Peer Analysis: TTM Capital Efficiency 400% 350% 100% 300% 75% 275% 250% 50% 200% 202% 150% 100% 25% 50% 0% Warren Resources Peer Group Average Source: EnerCom, Inc. Five Factor Model * (TTM EBITDA divided by TTM…
Peer Analysis: Debt / Total Cap 100% Concentrated effort to reduce debt 90% 100% 80% 70% 60% 50% 75% 40% 41% 50% 30% 34% 20% 25% 10% 0% Warren Resources Peer Group Average Source: Bloomberg NASDAQ: WRES 29