HOUSTON, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Goodrich Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: GDP) announced that the Company's President, Robert C. Turnham, Jr., will present at the IPAA 2009 Oil and Gas Investment Symposium at The Palace Hotel located at 2 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California on Tuesday September 29, 2009, at 8:25 am. A copy of the presentation will be available on the Company's website beginning Monday, September 28, 2009 at www.goodrichpetroleum.com. A live webcast will also be available at Webcast Link http://www.investorcalendar.com/CEPage.asp?ID=149886

Certain statements in this news release regarding future expectations and plans for future activities may be regarded as "forward looking statements" within the meaning of the Securities Litigation Reform Act. They are subject to various risks, such as financial market conditions, operating hazards, drilling risks, and the inherent uncertainties in interpreting engineering data relating to underground accumulations of oil and gas, as well as other risks discussed in detail in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct.

Goodrich Petroleum is an independent exploration and production company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The majority of its oil and gas properties are in Louisiana and Texas.

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