Petroleum Securities Australia Limited
Ticker: PSALY Level 13, 1 Aflred Street
Exchange: NASDAQ-National Market Sydney, Foreign NSW 2000
Industry: Natural Resources 6122474605

Type of Shares:American Depositary Receipts Filing Date:6/28/96
U.S. Shares:3,478,260 Offer Date:7/22/96
Non-U.S. Shares:0 Filing Price: -
Primary Shares:3,478,260 Offer Price:$19.00
Secondary Shares:0 Gross Spread:$1.14
Offering Amount: $0 Selling:$0.68
Expenses:$1,000,000 Reallowance:$0.10
Shares Out After:20,623,968

ManagerTierPhone
Schroder Wertheim & Company, IncorporatedLead Manager (212) 492-6900
Natwest Securities LtdCo-manager (212) 602-4800
Petrie Parkman & Co.Co-manager (303) 292-3877

Auditor: KPMG Accountants N.V.
Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
Prior
Unaudited
Income
Balance
Sheet
6/30/95 12/31/95 12/31/94 12/31/95
Revenue:$17.03$21.45$7.60Assets:$101.75
Net Income:-$0.35$1.43-$0.99Liabilities:$59.93
EPS:-$0.02$0.09-$0.07Equity:$41.82

Note: Dollar amounts are in U.S. millions; Audited figures expressed as full year,
unaudited figures are partial year

Business Description
The company is an independent exploration and production company operating in the shallow waters of the central Gulf of Mexico. The company established its Gulf of Mexico operations in 1990. Through December 1995, by following a focused, integrated strategy of exploration and development, the company discovered 120 Bcfe of estimated net proved reserves by drilling 12 exploration and four development wells, all completed as commercially productive, at an average finding and development cost of $0.82 per Mcfe. From January 1992 through December 1995, the company increased its Gulf of Mexico estimated net proved reserves from approximately 10.8 Bcfe to 92.8 Bcfe, achieving compounded annual reserve growth of more than 70%. The company currently owns 100% of the working interest in 26 leasehold blocks in the central Gulf of Mexico, 10 of which are currently productive, and anticipates spending approximately $100 million for exploration and development of this lease inventory for the 18 month period ending December 31, 1997.

Use of Proceeds
The proceeds from the offering will be used to repurchase shares, to repay debt and for working capital.

Last updated: 10/28/96

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