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Investor Presentation Sep 26, 2006

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This presentation contains certain "forward-looking statements" as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, without limitation, expectations, beliefs, plans and objectives regarding the potential transactions and ventures discussed in this presentation.

Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are the risks inherent in oil & gas exploration, the need to obtain additional financing, the availability of needed personnel and equipment for the future exploration and development, fluctuations in gas prices, and general economic conditions.

Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance and that actual performance and financial results may differ materially from any estimates or projections.

Fueling the Future

Investor Presentation (OTCBB: IGPG), September 2006

Philipp Buschmann, Founder & Director

Mr. Buschmann joined Ignis following his tenure with Booz Allen Hamilton where he provided management consulting services to numerous Fortune 500 companies and governments. His expertise is in the fields of finance, technology, project management and startups.

Prior to working at Booz Allen Hamilton, Mr. Buschmann acted in the capacity of project manager for Razorfish, where he was involved in consulting for financial institutions. As a bi-lingual German/English speaker, Mr. Buschmann was instrumental in growing Razorfish's European presence during their start-up phase.

He experienced the massive growth from a single office, 120-employee firm to an international, multi-office, 2,500-employee organization. Mr. Buschmann holds an MBA from the London Business School and a B.A. from Tufts University (cum laude).

Petroleum is vital

Petroleum remains the most important commodity

Petroleum remains the most important commodity

• Oil & Gas are used across a diverse industry mix

• Demand is increasing globally, especially in China and India

• New technology and high petroleum prices make unconventional oil 'plays' economic

The US petroleum import gap is widening

  • Oil can be transported easily
  • Natural Gas is consumed locally, flared or converted to CNG or LNG for transport
    • Natural Gas is a cleaner energy source and is poised to become much more important in future
    • Alternative Energy sources remain marginal (<5%)

Result: The world has changed, <\$40 oil unlikely

Less Supply Higher Prices

The idea for Ignis Petroleum is simple: "Let's start an Exploration and Production Company and make some money for our investors"

-Ignis Petroleum Business Plan 2005

Ignis focuses on the early stage of the value chain

Strategy and Value Creation in Oil & Gas

The "Wildcatter" The "Explorer" The "Developer" The "Producer"
Strategy Place few, large bets on
high-risk, high-potential
exploratory plays
Place multiple, medium
size bets, on high-to
moderate-risk exploration
plays
Place multiple, medium
to small bets on mod
erate / low risk in-field
developments
Place large-to-medium
bets on purchases of
proved reserves at
market/premium rates
How value is
created
Exemplary G&G
expertise and luck
Outstanding
interpretation of
geological and
geophysical data
Access to deal flow in
prolific producing plays;
outstanding G&G and
engineering expertise
Access to large amounts
of capital; outstanding
engineering and financial
expertise
Relative
geological risk
(chance of failure)
High – drill based on
seismic data only
High / moderate – drill
based on seismic and
subsurface data
Moderate / low – drill
based on seismic and
subsurface data and
production history in
nearby wells
Low to very low – many
wells are producing
Relative value
creation
Low - get rich or go
broke; not sustainable
over the long run
Moderate - returns can
be high, even at low
prices, but must limit
number of dry holes to
payoff
Moderate / high – repeat
chance of success is
high even at low prices;
sustainable with access
to deal flow
Moderate / low –
premiums paid for known
reserves can offset
returns due to reservoir
risk and/or price
decreases
Ignis' strategy is to earn "Explorers'"
returns with "Developers'" risk

Ignis Petroleum history and milestones

December 2004 2005 October 2006
- Founded Company
- Initial projects
- Management hired
- Acquired initial 2 projects
- Raised \$5m in convertible debt
with warrants for additional ~\$10m
identified - Drilled 5 wells
- Went public by means of reverse merger (OTCBB:IGPG)
- Raised ~\$3m in seed funding
- 4 wells warrant completion
- expanded team by 2
permanent members
- Acquired 25% in JV with
leading oil and gas
independent KMG
- Immediate drilling
- announced Barnett
Shale Acquisition
- plan to expand team
by 2 more
- Raised ~\$1.5m in additional
seed funding
- First well successful
- First Revenues

The three strategic advantages of Ignis Petroleum

  • Ignis Petroleum has an outstanding senior management team
    • Senior Management team over 100 years of industry experience
    • Individuals have been responsible for identifying, drilling and managing hundreds of wells
    • Valuable experience gained at Exxon, Hess, Devon, Pennzoil and Royal Dutch Shell
  • Unlike most start-ups Ignis Petroleum has secured valuable business relationships with much larger players
    • First well drilled with Kerr-McGee (now Anardarko)
    • Industry partnership with Range Resources
    • Recently featured in "Oil and Gas Investor"

  • Ignis Petroleum benefits from speedy identification and acquisition
    • Large multi-nationals act like oil tankers
    • Ignis Petroleum acts more like a speed-boat

Ignis follows a successful partnership model that emphasizes a lean executive team. The aim of the model is to reduce shareholder risk by contracting with industry leaders, giving Ignis the benefit of their scale and vast experience

Ignis Petroleum Management

Ignis Petroleum Management

Management Focus: Michael Piazza, CEO

Michael Piazza is a highly-experienced professional with track record of more than 25 years in the petroleum industry. His expertise includes senior executive and financial leadership roles, management consulting and engineering. He has worked for both blue-chip multinational and independent companies.

Graduating from MIT with a B.S. degree in Engineering and UCal, Berkeley with an M.S. degree in Engineering, Mr. Piazza joined Exxon as an engineer in their offshore production division, earning two patents during his tenure. After six years, Mr. Piazza elected to expand on his engineering background and obtained an MBA in Finance (with distinction) from NYU-Stern. Amerada Hess acquired the services of Mr. Piazza, where he worked in its corporate planning group as well as its upstream and downstream operations.

Mr. Piazza went on to join McKinsey & Company where he served as a senior management consultant in its petroleum practice for over five years, delivering substantial increases in corporate growth and performance to clients worldwide.

Management Focus: Alex Kulpecz, Executive Advisor

Mr. Kulpecz is highly respected in the energy sector and has over 30 years experience, gained at the most senior levels of the international petroleum industry.

Mr. Kulpecz began his career during the drilling boom of the 1970's with Shell in their Onshore Production Division where he selected and drilled wells in the Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama Gulf Coast areas finding significant quantities of oil and gas.

Mr. Kulpecz worked his way up to the position of Executive Director of Shell International Gas, Power, and Coal, and he led the reorganization of the Company's global E&P business. He is currently President of the Omega Group, a consultancy of senior executives providing top advisory and managerial support to prestigious private equity, banking and energy clients in both the upstream and downstream industries.

Management Focus: Fred Stein, Operations Advisor

Mr. Stein is an accomplished petroleum engineer and operations manager with over 35 years of senior experience working for Shell Oil Company and Pennzoil/Devon Energy, where he developed and ran oil and gas fields, both onshore and offshore, in the domestic and international arenas.

Over an illustrious 25 year career with Shell, his responsibilities ranged from production, reservoir, drilling and petrophysical engineering to direct management of drilling and field operations. During a successful 10-year tenure with Pennzoil/Devon Energy, Mr. Stein had both technical and operations management responsibilities over a variety of international projects in over a dozen countries with the largest project being the giant Chirag/Azeri field in Azerbaijan.

Mr. Stein's diverse areas of expertise include drilling and production operations management, oil and gas transportation design and negotiations, reserves evaluation and reservoir performance management, well planning and facility design, and safety.

Mr. Stein graduated with honors with an engineering degree from the University of Wisconsin.

Management Focus: Joe Gittelman, Exploration Advisor

Mr. Gittelman is a widely recognized industry professional with over 35 years of international experience in oil and gas exploration, development and operations. Among his credentials, Mr. Gittelman enjoyed a stellar 27-year career with Shell Oil Company, serving in a variety of senior technical, operations and management capacities.

During his tenure with the Shell organization, Mr. Gittelman's leadership positions included: General Manager of Geophysics, General Manager of Exploration and General Manager of Exploration & Production Research.

From 1988 to 1994, Mr. Gittelman served as General Manager of Shell Western Exploration & Production where he was responsible for spearheading Shell's US onshore exploration program, including Alaska

Since 1995, Mr. Gittelman has served as President of U.S. based Danlier, Inc., a specialized consulting firm which provides high-quality services to exploration companies and institutional investors, including screening of exploration projects for technical quality, risk and hydrocarbon potential.

Mr. Gittelman holds a B.S. degree in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.S degree in Engineering from New York University, and a Ph.D degree in Engineering from the University of Michigan.

Management Focus: Eric Hanlon, VP Business Development

Eric Hanlon has over 15 years energy experience gained in various capacities as an executive and consultant to Fortune 100 companies.

Mr. Hanlon was recently Vice President and General Manager of Strategy and Markets Analysis for Royal Dutch Shell in London. Prior to that, Mr. Hanlon served as a Principal with McKinsey & Company, Inc. where he led senior executives, in various sectors of the energy industry, on issues critical to their businesses.

During his career Mr. Hanlon has led organizations on understanding of their key markets and development of integrated corporate strategies. He has advised major oil companies on M&A activity including an assessment of the value of a large integrated oil companies for the purpose of acquisition. He has also worked with private equity companies to evaluate acquisitions of and investments in energy companies and programs.

Mr. Hanlon served for five years in the United States Navy as a Lieutenant aboard a nuclear-powered submarine. He holds a BA in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin where he graduated at the top of his class.

Current Projects

Ignis drilled 6 wells, completed 5

Project Status WI wells Play Pot.
Acom A6 Producing 25.0% 1 Frio sands Proprietary
Powell #1 Completing 12.5% 1 Barnett
shale
Proprietary
Powell #2 Completing 12.5% 1 Barnett
shale
Proprietary
Inglish Sisters #3 Producing 12.5% 1 Barnett
shale
Proprietary
Sherburne Field awaiting
completion
15% NA Existing
Field Re
Drill
Proprietary
Crimson Bayou Drilling scheduled
Q1 2007
25.0% Up to 5 Frio sands Up to 32
Bcfge
North Wright Planning, looking
for partners
75.0% Up to 4 Marg. Tex
sands
Up to 120
Bcfge

Project Focus: Acom A-6

  • Chambers County, Texas in Willow Slough, North Field in partnership with Kerr-McGee
  • 560 acre lease, dual objective well
  • Prospect identified with 3-D seismic and subsurface well control
  • Frio sands productive in nearby wells
  • Estimated proven gross reserves of > 1.5-2.5 Bcfe of oil and gas from three sands at 9,500' depth
  • Drilling is completed, production commenced in late September 2006 at >225 Bopd and >1,100 Mcfgd
  • Current \$90,000+ per month in net cash flow

Project Focus Area: Barnett Shale

  • Hottest play in USA, located in the center of Texas
  • Shale rock is charged dense rock that needs fracturing (pictured)
  • Typically a natural gas play, although an oil-window exists
  • Ignis Petroleum started with 3 wells in the Barnett Shale
  • Critical requirements: access to good land, access to drilling rig(s), access to pipeline
  • Critical success factors: drill fast, drill smart, good relationships with land owners and service providers to provide a "continuous drilling program"

Executing on a strategy

Our first \$20m+ deal

• Ignis Petroleum announced the intended purchase of 45% of a large, already producing 8,000 acre field in the Barnett Shale

  • Approached several potential private partners
  • Negotiated deal with Osborn (WBO) for participation and acceleration of already existing "continuous drilling program"

We love it!

The deal will provide Ignis Petroleum with years of continuous drilling activity

  • The St. Jo Ridge Field is located within the "oil-window" province of the Barnett Shale in Montague and Cooke Counties. This provides a nice natural balance of oil vs gas prices
  • Our partner is currently the lead driller and producer in this area. Encana is the largest acreage holder. We plan to add acreage to our field in short order
  • The upside potential from horizontal drilling or advanced completion techniques is significant
  • The partner exhibits all the necessary success factors: access to rig(s), land and service providers with pipeline and gas treating plant included in the field

WBO and Ignis are natural partners

  • In the past four years W. B. Osborn Oil & Gas Operations (a private San Antonio-based company – "WBO") has drilled, and produced from, 14 wells demonstrating that oil can be developed economically from the Barnett Shale in North Texas; Ignis team approached WBO 6 months ago to begin sharing of technical ideas to enhance recovery
  • WBO has developed a significant land position and built a natural gas gathering, treating, and transport system which is the most economic alternative for nearby third parties to bring their gas to market. They are currently the largest producer in the area
  • WBO desires to have Ignis, a technically-sophisticated partner, join with them to test promising new drilling and completion technology, potentially to add a rig and accelerate development, expand the gathering and treating system, and acquire more acreage.
  • WBO is currently drilling continuously with a single rig under contract
  • Many players hold vast acreage positions but have not drilled extensively due to a lag in progress compared to WBO and internal competition for budget capital; this provides a significant expansion opportunity for WBO and Ignis as un-drilled leases expire
  • The area is currently under the market radar screen and is likely to remain so until multiple horizontal wells are proven; this is providing an opportunity for both near-term land expansion at low acreage acquisition costs and ultimately significant value creation

Field Location & Pictures

Financials & Funding

Ignis Financial Basics

IGPG
Shares Outstanding ~\$50,000,000
Average Trading Volume ~ 60,000 shares
52 Week Range \$.32 / \$2.74
Float 19,000,000
% Held by Institutions 15.26%
Market Capitalization \$16.5m
Fiscal Year End June 30th
Exchanges OTC:BB IGPG, Frankfurt WKN AOETNY

Ignis Capitalization (100% = 50m million shares)

Focus Financing Deal: Petrofinanz

  • Funding Amount: >\$3m total in sizes from \$50k to \$1.5m
  • Funding Partner: Swiss Fund
  • Funding Type: Restricted Shares
  • Registration: No
  • Discount to market: 10-30%
  • Date of Funding: Several
  • Warrants: Yes, not exercisable by Ignis Petroleum

Focus Financing Deal: Cornell Capital

  • Funding Amount: \$5m (gross)
  • Funding Partner: US Hedge Fund
  • Funding Type: Convertible Debt secured by assets and treasury shares
  • Registration: Yes (SB-2), ongoing (filed February 2006)
  • Discount to market: 6%
  • Date of Funding: January 2006 to May 2006
  • Warrants: Yes, \$10m, exerciseable by both parties based on performance

Why Ignis Petroleum?

  • Growth Potential
  • Proven Management
  • Interesting Focus Areas
  • Agile and Fast
  • Great Industry Relationships
  • Trading at historical lows

"Most people in the industry already know that independents dominate Texas drilling action, but the extent of their dominance is surprising. Independents produced 90% of the oil and 86% of the gas and they drilled 96% of the wells last year. Obviously, the majors still have pipelines and refineries in Texas, but you have to get out there and drill or you won't have anything to go into those facilities."

-September 2006 Alex Mills, Texas Alliance of Energy Producers President

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