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HYDROCARBON DYNAMICS LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2010

May 2, 2010

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Capital/Financing Update

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Future Corporation Australia Limited

A.C.N. 075 419 715

Registered Office

Level 1, 2 Ross Place, South Melbourne VIC

3 May 2010

The Company Announcements Platform Australian Securities Exchange Exchange Centre 20 Bond Street SYDNEY NSW 2000

Producing Oil Wells and Infrastructure Acquired in Catahoula Lake, Louisiana

Please find enclosed a copy of an announcement from Pryme Lake Exploration LLC (PLX) regarding its project located on Catahoula Lake, Louisiana.

PLX is owned 50% by Future Corporation Australia Limited and 50% by Pryme Oil and Gas Limited.

A copy of this announcement is available at the ASX and can be viewed on the Company’s website www.futurecorp.com.au.

For further information please contact:

Barnaby Egerton-Warburton Managing Director Future Corporation Australia Ltd Telephone: +61 2 800 33 438 Email: [email protected]

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3 May 2010

Producing Oil Wells and Infrastructure Acquired in Catahoula Lake Drilling to Begin in May

Pryme Lake Exploration, LLC (“PLX”), a company which is 50% owned by Pryme Oil and Gas Limited (ASX:PYM) and 50% owned by Future Corporation Australia Limited (ASX:FUT), is pleased to announce the acquisition of oil production, production facilities and prospective leasehold on Catahoula Lake, Louisiana, from Lamar Oil and Gas Inc. (“Lamar Property”). The Lamar Property, which was acquired for US$550,000, will be incorporated in the Catahoula Lake project which is also 50% owned by PLX.

The Lamar Property includes a 50% working interest in three producing oil wells; two salt water disposal wells; onshore production facilities; associated infrastructure and various barges and crew boats. In addition, the acquired leasehold contains several non-producing wells, some of which have post-remediation production potential, and a number of prospective locations for exploration. The Lamar Property leases are located in the same geological environment as the Catahoula Lake project.

Current production from the Lamar Property is approximately 35 barrels of oil per day. Remediation of two non-producing wells could increase this rate.

“The value of current production alone justifies the acquisition cost. The production facilities, flow lines and salt water disposal facilities, which have also been acquired, will significantly reduce the cost and time involved in commencing production from the Catahoula Lake leases,” Said Ryan Messer, PLX’s Managing Member and Pryme’s Executive Director/COO.

Exploration of the Lamar Property leases will be carried out using the barge-mounted rig that was acquired with the Catahoula Lake project interest in December, 2009. Drilling is planned to commence in May; the first prospect will target three Wilcox sands in LaSalle Parish, Louisiana. Pryme Energy LLC, the wholly owned subsidiary and operating arm of Pryme Oil and Gas Inc., is the operator for the Lamar Property.

PLX’ Net Revenue Interest (NRI) in the Lamar Property is 37.5% (50% Working Interest).

Project Description

Pryme Oil and Gas Limited and Future Corporation Australia Limited each own 50% of Pryme Lake Exploration (“PLX”) which in turn owns a 50% Working Interest (36.5% NRI) in 7,676 mineral acres within Catahoula Lake and its surrounds, and a 50% ownership interest in a drilling barge, service barges, crew boats and associated equipment which are required to drill and operate on Catahoula Lake. The Catahoula Lake project is located in LaSalle, Rapides, and Grant parishes, Louisiana and is targeting multiple “stacked” oil zones throughout the Middle-Wilcox formation at depths ranging from 4,500 to 5,500 feet. Wells drilled in the Middle-Wilcox exhibit long production lives with low decline rates after the initial flush oil is produced and relatively steady production is established. Ultimate oil

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recoveries are expected to range from 50,000 through to 200,000 barrels drilled from land locations and in excess of 250,000 barrels for each successful well drilled from lake locations.

Ownership of the only equipment available to drill and service wells on Catahoula Lake provides PLX with a significant competitive advantage over other explorers throughout the entire 30,000 acre area of the lake, almost all of which is prospective.

For further information please contact:

Ryan Messer Barnaby E Warburton Managing Member Managing Member Pryme Lake Exploration LLC Pryme Lake Exploration LLC US Phone: +1 713 401 9806 AUS Phone: +61 2 8003 3438 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

The information in this announcement has been reviewed by James A. Stewart (a registered professional Petroleum Geologist in the State of Louisiana and Mississippi in the United States of America) who has over 20 years experience in petroleum geology, drilling, well completions and production operations. Mr Stewart reviewed this announcement and consents to the inclusion of the geological and engineering descriptions and any estimated hydrocarbons in place or flow rates in the form and context in which they appear. Any resource estimates contained in this report are in accordance with the standard definitions set out by the Society of Petroleum Engineers, further information on which is available at spe.org.

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