EXHIBIT 4.11

COMMON SHARE (WITH HALF-WARRANT) SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

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|TO:                                           | Austral
  Pacific Energy Ltd. (herein Austral or Issuer)                 
|                                              | Level 3,
  40 Johnston Street                                                
|                                              | Wellington
  Central                                                         
|                                              | Wellington
  6011                                                            
|                                              | New
  Zealand                                                                
|                                              | Phone: 64
  4 495 0888 Fax: 64 4 495 0889                                    
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|FROM:                                         |                                                                               | 
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|                                              | (Investor
  Name)                                                             | 
|                                              |                                                                               | 
|RE:                                           | Purchase
  of Austral Common (Ordinary) Shares plus half-warrants at US$0.50 
|                                              | Reference
  Date: June 12, 2008                                              
|                                              | Cut-off
  Time for Documents and Wiring Funds: 4 p.m., Jun 13, 2008 (NZ time)
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|INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THIS SUBSCRIPTION
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|1. | Complete the
  information required on page 2 with respect to subscription amounts and
  registration and delivery particulars for the Share certificates.                                                                                                                                          
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|2. | Complete the
  applicable forms (the Forms) at the end of this Subscription:                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|   | (a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | If the
  investor is not an individual (i.e. not a natural person) or it is
  a Portfolio Manager  Complete TSX Venture Exchange Registration Form 4C. (If
  you have previously filed this form in connection with another transaction or
  issuer on the TSX Venture Exchange and your information has not changed you
  need NOT complete another one.) (See Schedule A).                                           
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|   | (b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Subscribers resident in Canada, sign
  Schedule B  Representation Letter For Accredited Investors;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|   | (c)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Subscribers who are US Persons or who were
  offered the Shares in the United States, who execute or deliver this
  Agreement in the United States, or who are U.S. Persons (as hereinafter
  defined) must be accredited investors within the meaning assigned in Rule
  501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the U.S. Securities Act, and must
  complete and sign Schedule C  Certificate of U.S. Purchaser.
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|3. | All investors fax or courier completed form
  to the above address and wire subscription funds to the Issuer, as per below
  Attention: Derek Gardiner, CFO. All monetary amounts herein are in U.S.
  dollars payable by telegraphic transfer should be payable to: Austral
  Pacific Energy Ltd.

Signed and completed documents must be
received by fax no later than Friday, June 13, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. NZ time. Funds
must arrive concurrently. Completion will occur approximately 15 days
thereafter TSX Venture Exchange acceptance.

Wiring Instructions:

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|Bank:                                                                                                  | Bank of New York                      | Account
  Name:                      | ASB Bank Limited
|                                                                                                       | 1 Wall Street, Floor 9                | Chips
  Code:                        | UID271760       
|                                                                                                       | New York NY 10286                     | Swift:                               | IRVTUS3N        
|                                                                                                       | United States of America              | Account
  Number:                    | 8900280107      
|                                                                                                       |                                       |                                      |                 
|Please confirm payment
  details to the ASB Bank by authenticated swift message (Type 103) as follows:
|                                                                                                       |                                       |                                      |                 
|For
  further credit to:                                                                               | Austral Pacific Energy (NZ)
  Limited
|Under
  advice to:                                                                                     | ASB Financial Markets                
|                                                                                                       |                                       | Corner Wellesley &
  Albert Streets,
|                                                                                                       |                                       | Auckland                            
|                                                                                                       |                                       | New Zealand                         
|                                                                                                       |                                       | Swift: ASBBNZ2A                     

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(Name of Investor  please print)(Signature of Investor)(Official Capacity or Title of Signatory, if Investor is not an
  individual  please print)(Please print name of individual whose signature appears above if
  different than the name of the name of the Investor printed above.)(Investors Address)Investors Telephone Number and Fax Number)Investors E-Mail Address (optional)REGISTER the Shares as set forth belowNameAccount reference, if applicableAddress


Account Number:
21099188-USD-21 Number of Shares: One half warrant will be issued at no further
Cost for each Share purchased Note Austral reserves the right to reject or
accept any subscription in whole or in part. Aggregate Subscription Price:$Payable to: Austral Pacific Energy Ltd.  DELIVER the Shares and Warrants as set forth below:NameAccount reference, if applicableContact NameAddressTelephone Number


Consent to the Disclosure of Information
under Privacy Legislation

The Investor
acknowledges that certain Personal Information (information about an
identifiable individual) about the Investor may be required to be disclosed by
the Issuer to the TSX Venture Exchange (the Exchange) pursuant to Exchange
policies and the Investor consents to the disclosure of such Personal
Information by the Issuer to the Exchange, and to the collection, use and
disclosure of such Personal Information by the Exchange in accordance with its
specified purposes.

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OTHER INFORMATION TO BE COMPLETED BY EACH INVESTOR

|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
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|A.    |  | Corporate Placee or Investment Portfolio Manager Registration Form(Schedule
  A)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|      |  | IF THE
  INVESTOR IS NOT AN INDIVIDUAL (i.e., a natural person), either [CHECK WHERE APPROPRIATE]:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|_____ |  | has
  previously filed with the Exchange a Form 4C, Corporate Placee Registration
  Form, and represents and warrants that there has been no change to any of the
  information in the Corporate Placee Registration Form previously filed with
  the TSX Venture Exchange Inc. (the TSX Venture) up to the date of this
  Agreement; or                                                     
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|_____ |  | hereby
  delivers to the Issuer a completed Form 4C, Corporate Placee Registration
  Form, in the form attached hereto as for filing with the TSX Venture; and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|B.    |  | Present Ownership of Securities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|      |  | The Investor
  either [CHECK APPROPRIATE ITEM]:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|_____ |  | does not own
  directly or indirectly, or exercise control or direction over, any common
  shares in the capital stock of the Issuer or securities convertible into
  common shares in the capital stock of the Issuer (excluding the Shares
  subscribed for herein); or                                                                                                                      
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|_____ |  | owns
  directly or indirectly, or exercise control or direction over,
  ____________________ common shares in the capital stock of the Issuer and
  options, warrants and convertible securities entitling the Investor to
  acquire an additional ____________________ common shares in the capital stock
  of the Issuer (excluding the Shares ____________________ subscribed for
  herein).
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|C.    |  | Insider Status                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|      |  | The Investor
  either [CHECK IF APPROPRIATE]:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|_____ |  | is NOTan Insider of the Issuer as defined
  in the British Columbia Securities Act;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|_____ |  | is an
  Insider of the Issuer as defined in the British Columbia Securities Act,
  namely: Insider means:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|      |  | (a) a
  director or senior officer of the issuer;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|      |  | (b) a
  director or senior officer of a person that is itself an insider or
  subsidiary of the issuer;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|      |  | (c) a person
  that has                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | (i) direct
  or indirect beneficial ownership of;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | (ii) control
  or direction over; or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | (iii) a
  combination of direct or indirect beneficial ownership of and of control or
  direction over securities of the issuer carrying more than 10% of the voting
  rights attached to all the issuers outstanding voting securities, excluding,
  for the purpose of the calculation of the percentage held, any securities
  held by the person as underwriter in the course of a distribution, or
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|      |  | (d) the
  issuer itself, if it has purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired any
  securities of its own issue, for so long as it continues to hold those
  securities.                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|D.    |  | Member of Pro Group                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|      |  | The Investor
  either [CHECK IF APPROPRIATE]:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|_____ |  | is NOTa Member of the Pro Group as
  defined in the Rules of the TSX Venture                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|_____ |  | is a Member
  of the Pro Group as defined in the Rules of the TSX Venture, namely: Pro
  Group means:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|      |  | 1. Subject
  to subparagraphs (2), (3) and (4), Pro Group shall include, either
  individually or as a group:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | (a) the
  member (i.e. a member of the TSX Venture under its requirements);                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | (b)
  employees of the member;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | (c) partners,
  officers and directors of the member;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | (d)
  affiliates of the member; and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|      |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | (e)
  associates of any parties referred to in subparagraphs (1) through (4).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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| |  | 2. The TSX
  Venture may, in its discretion, include a person or party in the Pro Group
  for the purposes of a particular calculation where the TSX Venture determines
  that the person is not acting at arms length of the member;
| |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
| |  | 3. The TSX
  Venture may, in its discretion, exclude a person from the Pro Group for the
  purposes of a particular calculation where the TSX Venture determines that
  the person is acting at arms length of the member;           
| |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
| |  | 4. The
  member may deem a person who would otherwise be included in the Pro Group
  pursuant to subparagraph (1) to be excluded from the Pro Group where the
  member determines that:                                               
| |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
| |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | (a) the
  person is an affiliate or associate of the member acting at arms length of
  the member;                
| |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                    
| |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | (b) the
  associate or affiliate has a separate corporate and reporting structure;                                 
| |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                    
| |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | (c) there
  are sufficient controls on information flowing between the member and the
  associate or affiliate; and
| |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                    
| |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | (d) the
  member maintains a list of such excluded persons.                                                        

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|ACCEPTANCE:The Issuer hereby accepts the
  above subscription.

AUSTRAL PACIFIC ENERGY LTD.

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|Per: |                        |  | Acceptance
  Date: | 
|     |                        |  |                    | 
|     | Authorized
  Signatory |  |                    | 

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Purchase of US$0.50 Shares (and
half-warrants) Exempt from Prospectus Requirements

1. Definitions

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|1.1 | (a) Accredited Investor means, for a
  Subscriber resident in Canada or the United Sates a high net worth or high
  income person, specifically defined on the relevant attachments hereto as an
  Investor;                                                                                                                                                                                               
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|    | (b) Applicable Securities Laws means the
  securities legislation having application and the rules, policies, notices
  and orders issued by applicable securities regulatory authorities, including
  NZSX and the TSX Venture, having application over this Offering and the
  Issuer in the Principal Canadian Jurisdictions;                                                                           
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|    | (c) Closing means a completion of an issue
  and sale by the Issuer and the purchase by the Investors of the Securities
  pursuant to this Subscription Agreement at 10:00 a.m. on the Closing Date.
  Closings may occur on one or more dates as the Issuer may determine within
  the requirements of Regulatory Acceptance;                                                                             
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|    | (d) Closing Date means the day following
  Regulatory Acceptance of this subscription and others which form part of the
  Offering and which is expected to occur on or about June 30, 2008 as the
  Issuer may determine within the requirements of the TSX Venture and NZSX, if
  applicable. On the Closing Date the Shares and Warrants will be issued and
  delivered to Investor or as it may direct;
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|    | (e) Cut-off Time means the date after which
  the Issuer need no longer accept Subscriptions. The Cut-off Time is 4:00
  p.m., June 13, 2008 (New Zealand time).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|    | (f) Exemptions means the exemptions from the
  registration and prospectus or equivalent requirements under Applicable
  Securities Laws;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|    | (g) Foreign Portfolio Manager means a person
  who carries on business as a portfolio manager (within the meaning of that
  term under Applicable Securities Laws) in an Overseas Jurisdiction and who
  purchases Shares as an agent for fully managed accounts;                                                                                                                                        
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|    | (h) fully managed in relation to an account,
  means that the Investor has the discretion as to the account as contemplated
  by Applicable Securities Law;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|    | (i) Investor means the person or persons
  named as Investor on the face page of this Subscription Agreement and if more
  than one person is so named, means all of them jointly and severally;                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|    | (j) material means material in relation to
  the Issuer and any subsidiary considered on a consolidated basis;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|    | (k) material change means any change in the
  business, operations, assets, liabilities, ownership or capital of the Issuer
  and any subsidiary considered on a consolidated basis that would reasonably
  be expected to have a significant effect on the market price or value of the
  Issuers securities;                                                                                            
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|    | (l) material fact means any fact that
  significantly affects or would reasonably be expected to have a significant
  effect on the market price or value of the Issuers securities;                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|    | (m) misrepresentation is as generally
  defined under Applicable Securities Laws;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|    | (n) NZSX means the New Zealand Stock
  Exchange;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|    | (o) Offering means the planned sale by the
  Issuer of up to US$8,000,000 of Shares and Warrants on the terms set forth in
  this Agreement. There is no minimum aggregate Offering;                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|    | (p) Overseas Jurisdiction means a country
  other than Canada or the United States;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

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| | (q) Portfolio Manager means an adviser who
  manages the investment portfolio of clients through discretionary authority
  granted by one or more clients;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
| | (r) Public Record means information which
  has been publicly filed by the Issuer on SEDAR at www.SEDAR.com and on
  EDGAR at www.SEC.gov/edgar.shtml under Applicable Securities Laws;                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
| | (s) Principal Canadian Jurisdictions means
  British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario and certain other jurisdictions
  referred to in Multilateral Instrument 45-102;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
| | (t) Regulation D means Regulation D under
  the U.S. Securities Act;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
| | (u) Regulation S means Regulation S under
  the U.S. Securities Act;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
| | (v) Regulatory Acceptance means the
  acceptance of the transaction contemplated hereby and the approval for
  listing of the Shares by the TSX Venture and NZSX;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
| | (w) Securities means the Shares, Warrants
  and Warrant Shares;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
| | (x) Share means a common share without par
  value in the capital of the Issuer;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
| | (y) Subscription Agreement means this
  subscription agreement between the Investor and the Issuer, including all
  Schedules incorporated by reference as it may be amended or supplemented from
  time to time;                                                                                                                                                                                              
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
| | (z) TSX Venture means the TSX Venture
  Exchange, the Canadian stock exchange on which Australs shares are traded;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
| | (aa) U.S. Person means a U.S. Person as
  defined in Regulation S; and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
| | (bb) U.S. Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of
  the United States of America.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
| | (a) Warrants means Share purchase warrants;
  exercisable to acquire an additional common share of the Issuer for a 15
  month period after the Closing Date on the terms described herein. One
  warrant is included, for no additional consideration, with the purchase of
  each two Shares. The Warrants are transferable (subject to applicable
  securities laws) but will not be listed on any exchange;
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
| | (b) Warrant Certificate means the
  certificate representing the Warrant issued to an Investor as part of an
  Unit; and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
| | (c) Warrant Shares means be used to refer to
  the Shares to be issued upon the exercise of the Warrants.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

2. Prospectus Exempt Subscription Commitment

2.1 The
undersigned (the Investor) hereby subscribes for and agrees to purchase from
Austral Pacific Energy Ltd. (herein the Issuer), subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, that number of Shares and Warrants of the Issuer
set out on the face page of this Subscription Agreement at the price of US$0.50
per Share plus one half Warrant together. Subject to the terms hereof, this
Subscription will be deemed to have been made and be effective only upon its
acceptance by the Issuer.

2.2 The
Warrants will be governed by the terms and conditions set out in the
certificate representing the Warrants (the Warrant Certificates) which will
be delivered to the Investor at Closing. Each Warrant Certificate will contain,
among other things, provision for the appropriate adjustment in a class, number
and price of the Warrant Shares upon the occurrence of certain events,
including any subdivision, consolidation or re-

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classification
of the common shares of the Issuer or payments of stock dividends or upon the
merger or reorganization of the Issuer.

2.3 The
Warrants are exercisable at US$1.00 per Share for 15 months from Closing.

3. Closing

3.1 The
Investor must deliver to the offices of the Issuer on or before the Cut-off
Time, this subscription agreement duly completed and executed in accordance
with the instructions on the face page of this Agreement and arrange for
concurrent wiring of funds. On request by the Issuer, the Investor agrees to
complete and deliver any other information as may reasonably be required by
regulatory authorities, stock exchanges and Applicable Securities Laws to
complete the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Delivery against
payment for the Shares and Warrants will be completed by the Issuer at its
offices on the Closing Date being a date following Regulatory Acceptance at
which time certificates representing the Shares will be delivered to the
Investor as the Investor shall instruct. Investor hereby waives receiving any
prior notice of Closing. Closing is targeted for on or about June 30, 2008.

3.2 Once this
agreement is accepted by the Issuer, the completion of the sale of securities
contemplated by this subscription is subject only to Regulatory Acceptance
being obtained.

3.3 The
Investor agrees that the funds advanced hereunder maybe immediately used by the
Issuer and will be treated as a short term loan to it until Closing.

4. Investors Acknowledgements  Regarding
Risk, Restrictions, Independent Advice

4.1 The
Investor represents and warrants and acknowledges and agrees with (on its own
behalf and, if applicable, on behalf of each beneficial purchaser for whom the
Investor is contracting hereunder) the Issuer that

| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                    
| | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (a) its
  decision to execute this Subscription and purchase the Securities agreed to
  be purchased hereunder has not been based upon any oral or written
  representation as to fact or otherwise made by or on behalf of the Issuer,
  and that its decision is based entirely upon its review of information about
  the Issuer in the Public Record;                                                                                        
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                    
| | (b) no
  prospectus has been filed by the Issuer with any securities commission or
  similar authority in Canada or elsewhere, in connection with the issuance of
  the Securities, and the issuance and the sale of the Shares is subject to
  such sale being exempt from the prospectus/registration requirements under
  Applicable Securities Laws and accordingly:                                                                         
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                    
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | (i) the
  Investor is restricted from using certain of the civil remedies available
  under such legislation;                      
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                    
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | (ii) the
  Investor may not receive information that might otherwise be required to be
  provided to it under such legislation; and
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                    
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | (iii) the
  Issuer is relieved from certain obligations that would otherwise apply under
  such legislation;                       
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                    
| | (c) the
  Investor (or others for whom the Investor is contracting hereunder) has been
  advised to consult its own legal advisors with respect to the merits and
  risks of an investment in the Securities and with respect to applicable
  resale restrictions and it (or others for whom it is contracting hereunder)
  is solely responsible (and the Issuer is in no way responsible) for
  compliance with applicable resale restrictions;
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
| | (d) to the
  knowledge of the Investor, the sale of the Securities was not accompanied by
  any public advertisement;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | (e) the
  offer made by this agreement is irrevocable (subject to the right of the
  Issuer to reject any Subscription prior to Closing by refunding any
  subscription funds) and requires acceptance by the Issuer;                                                                                                                        
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                             
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | (f) this
  Subscription is not enforceable by the Investor unless it has been accepted
  by the Issuer and the Investor waives any requirement on the Issuers behalf
  to immediately communicate its acceptance for this Subscription to the
  Investor;                                                                                   
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | (g) the
  Securities are speculative investments which involve a substantial degree of risk;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | (h) the
  Investor is sophisticated in financial investments, has had access to and has
  received all such information concerning the Issuer that the Investor has
  considered necessary in connection with the Investors investment decision
  and the Investor will not receive an offering memorandum or similar
  disclosure document;
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | (i) the
  subscription proceeds will be available to the Issuer on Closing and this
  subscription is not conditional on any other subscription completing. The
  Issuer may pay commissions in connection with this Subscription in its
  discretion                                                                                        
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | (j) no
  agency, governmental authority, regulatory body, stock exchange or other
  entity has made any finding or determination as to the merit for investment
  of, nor have any such agencies or governmental authorities made any
  recommendation or endorsement with respect to, the Securities; and                                   
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | (k) the
  Issuer will rely on the representations and warranties made herein or
  otherwise provided by the Investor to the Issuer in completing the sale and
  issue of the Shares to the Investor.                                                                                                                                         
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|4.2 The
  Investor hereby agrees that with respect to any personal information provided
  in this document or otherwise received by or in possession of the Issuer
  (Personal Information), the Investor hereby consents to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | (a) the
  disclosure of any Personal Information to the TSX Venture and NZSX and such
  securities commissions as may have jurisdiction over the Issuer; and                                                                                                                                                                                 
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | (b) the
  further collection, use and disclosure of any Personal Information by the
  aforesaid regulator authorities for the discharge of their regulatory
  functions.                                                                                                                                                                     
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|5. Investors Exemption Status                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|5.1 The
  Investor, by its execution of this Subscription Agreement, hereby further
  represents, warrants to, and covenants with, the Issuer (which
  representations, warranties and covenants shall survive the Closing of the
  Offering) that the Investor is purchasing the Shares as principal for its own
  account, it is purchasing such Shares not for the benefit of any other
  person, and not with a view to the resale or distribution of the Shares and
  one of the following Exemptions applies to the Investor:
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | (a) Insiders Family, Close Friends and Business Associates Exemption (Investors
  Outside of Canada go to§5.2 and note§5.3(m))                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | The Investor
  is:                                                                                                                                                          
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                             
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | (i) a
  director, executive officer or control person of the Issuer, or of an
  affiliate of the Issuer,                                                                    
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                             
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | (ii) a
  spouse, parent, grandparent, brother, sister or child of a director,
  executive officer or control person of the Issuer, or of an affiliate of the
  Issuer,      
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                             
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | (iii) a
  parent, grandparent, brother, sister or child of the spouse of a director,
  executive officer or control person of the Issuer or of an affiliate of the
  Issuer,

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| | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (iv) a close
  personal friend of a director, executive officer or control person of the
  Issuer, or of an affiliate of the Issuer,                                              
| |                                                                                                                                                                                   
| | (v) a close
  business associate of a director, executive officer or control person of the
  Issuer, or of an affiliate of the Issuer,                                            
| |                                                                                                                                                                                   
| | (vi) a
  founder of the Issuer or a spouse, parent, grandparent, brother, sister,
  child, close personal friend or close business associate of a founder of the
  Issuer,        
| |                                                                                                                                                                                   
| | (vii) a
  parent, grandparent, brother, sister or child of a spouse of a founder of the
  Issuer,                                                                                 
| |                                                                                                                                                                                   
| | (viii) a
  person of which a majority of the voting securities are beneficially owned
  by, or a majority of the directors are, persons described in paragraphs (i)
  to (vii), or
| |                                                                                                                                                                                   
| | (ix) a trust
  or estate of which all of the beneficiaries or a majority of the trustees or
  executors are persons described in paragraphs (i) to (vii);                         

| |                              | 
| | ---------------------------- | 
| | (b) Minimum Amount Exemption

| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
| | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (i) The
  aggregate acquisition cost of purchasing the Shares will not be less than
  Cdn.$150,000 paid in cash at the time of purchase, and the Investor has not
  been created or used solely to purchase or hold the Shares in reliance on
  this Exemption;

| |                                                       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
| | ----------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (c) Accredited Investor Exemption                    
| |                                                       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
| |                                                       | The Investor
  is an Accredited Investor and the Investor has properly completed and duly
  executed the Representation Letter for Accredited Investors attached to this
  Subscription Agreement as Schedule B indicating the means by which the
  Investor is an Accredited Investor and confirms the truth and accuracy of all
  statements made by the Investor in such certificate; or
| |                                                       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
| | (d) For
  residents of Ontario only, the Investor is:

| |                                                                                                                                 
| | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (i) a
  founder of the Issuer,                                                                                                  
| |                                                                                                                                 
| | (ii) an
  affiliate of a founder of the Issuer,                                                                                 
| |                                                                                                                                 
| | (iii) a
  spouse, parent, brother, sister, grandparent or child of an executive
  officer, director or founder of the Issuer, or
| |                                                                                                                                 
| | (iv) a
  person that is a control person of the Issuer.                                                                         

5.2 All Investors Outside of
Canada (US
Investors see also 5.3)

If the
Investor is resident in a jurisdiction outside of Canada it acknowledges and
certifies that:

| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
| | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (a) no
  securities commission or similar regulatory authority has reviewed or passed
  on the merits of the Shares;                                                                                                        
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
| | (b) there is
  no government or other insurance covering the Shares;                                                                                                                                                        
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
| | (c) there
  are risks associated with the purchase of the Shares;                                                                                                                                                           
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
| | (d) there
  are restrictions on the Investors ability to resell the Shares and it is the
  responsibility of the Investor to determine what those restrictions are and
  to comply with them before selling the Shares; and

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| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
| | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (e) the
  Issuer has advised the Investor that the Issuer is relying on an exemption
  from the requirements to provide the Investor with a prospectus and to sell
  the Shares through a person registered to sell the Shares under Applicable
  Securities Laws and, as a consequence of acquiring securities pursuant to
  this exemption, certain protections, rights and remedies provided by
  Applicable Securities Laws, including statutory rights of rescission or
  damages, will not be available to the Investor;
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
| | (f) the
  Investor is knowledgeable of securities legislation having application or
  jurisdiction over the Investor and the Offering (other than the laws of
  Canada and the United States) which would apply to this subscription;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
| | (g) the
  Investor is purchasing the Shares pursuant to exemptions from any prospectus,
  registration or similar requirements under the laws of that International
  Jurisdiction and or, if such is not applicable, the Investor is permitted to
  purchase the Investors Shares, and the Issuer has no filing obligations in
  the International Jurisdiction;                                                                                                                                                            
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
| | (h) no laws
  in the International Jurisdiction require the Issuer to make any filings or
  seek any approvals of any kind whatsoever from any regulatory authority of
  any kind whatsoever in the International Jurisdiction;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
| | (i) the
  Shares are being acquired for investment only and not with a view to resale
  and distribution within the International Jurisdiction; and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
| | (j) if it is
  a resident of the United Kingdom then it complies with the provisions of §5.1
  of this Subscription Agreement as if it were a resident of British Columbia
  and it is a person of the described in Article 11(3) of the Financial Services
Act,1986 (Investment Advertisements)
  (Exemptions) Order 1996, as amended, and is a person whose ordinary
  activities involve it in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of
  investments (as principal or agent) for the purpose of its business.         

5.3 Other General
Representations Applicable
to Investors

The following
representations are hereby made by each Investor subject to the provisos
contained below:

| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
| | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (a) the
  Investor has no knowledge of a material fact or material change,
as those
  terms are defined in Applicable Securities Laws, in respect of the affairs of
  the Issuer that has not been generally disclosed to the public;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
| | (b) the
  Investor (and, if applicable, any beneficial purchaser for whom it is acting)
  is resident in the jurisdiction set out under the heading Name and Address
  of Investor on the execution page of this Subscription Agreement;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
| | (c) the
  Investor has the legal capacity and competence to enter into and execute this
  Subscription and to take all actions required pursuant hereto and, if the
  Investor is a corporation, it is duly incorporated and validly subsisting
  under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and all necessary
  approvals by its directors, shareholders and others have been obtained to
  authorize execution of this Subscription Agreement on behalf of the Investor;
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
| | (d) the
  entering into of this Subscription Agreement and the transactions
  contemplated hereby do not result in the violation of any of the terms and
  provisions of any law applicable to, or the constating documents of, the
  Investor or of any agreement, written or oral, to which the Investor may be a
  party or by which the Investor is or may be bound;                                                                                                           
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
| | (e) the
  Investor has duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered this
  Subscription Agreement and understands it is intended to constitute a valid
  and binding agreement of the Investor enforceable against the Investor;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

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| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
| | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (f) in
  connection with the Investors investment in the Shares, the Investor has not
  relied upon the Issuer for investment, legal or tax advice, and has, in all
  cases sought the advice of the Investors own personal investment advisor,
  legal counsel and tax advisers or has waived its rights thereto and the
  Investor is either experienced in or knowledgeable with regard to the affairs
  of the Issuer, or either alone or with its professional advisors is capable,
  by reason of knowledge and experience in financial and business matters in
  general, and investments in particular, of evaluating the merits and risks of
  an investment in the Shares and is able to bear the economic risk of the
  investment and it can otherwise be reasonably assumed to have the capacity to
  protect its own interest in connection with the investment in the Shares;
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
| | (g) no
  person has made to the Investor any written or oral representations:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

| |                                                                                                                                                                                 
| | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (i) that any
  person will resell or repurchase the Shares;                                                                                                                     
| |                                                                                                                                                                                 
| | (ii) that
  any person will refund the purchase price for the Shares;                                                                                                           
| |                                                                                                                                                                                 
| | (iii) as to
  the future price or value of the Shares; or                                                                                                                       
| |                                                                                                                                                                                 
| | (iv) that
  the Shares will be listed and posted for trading on any stock exchange or
  that application has been made to list the Shares of the Issuer on any stock
  exchange;

| |                                                                                         
| | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | No U.S. Investor Participation Except with Accredited Investor Form
  (Schedule C)      
| |                                                                                         
| | (h) If the
  Investor IS NOT a US Person then the Investor represents and warrants that:

| |                   
| | ------------------
| | (i) the
  Investor

| |                                                                                                                                   
| | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (A) is not,
  and is not purchasing the Shares for the account of or benefit of, a U.S.
  Person or a person in the United States;
| |                                                                                                                                   
| | (B) was not
  offered Shares in the United States; and                                                                            
| |                                                                                                                                   
| | (C) did not
  execute or deliver this Agreement in the United States; OR                                                          

| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
| | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (ii) if the
  Investor IS a US Person the Investor is a U.S. Person who is an accredited
  investor as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the U.S. Securities Act;
  and                                                                                                                                                                      
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
| | (iii) in the
  case of paragraph 5.3(h)(ii) above, the Investor has duly completed, executed
  and delivered to the Issuer the Certificate of U.S. Purchaser attached hereto
  as Schedule C, and represents, warrants and covenants to the Issuer as to the
  accuracy of all matters set out therein as at the date hereof and on the
  Closing Date;

| |                                                                                                             
| | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (i) If the
  Investor IS a US Person, then the Investor additionally represents and
  further warrants that:

| |                                                                                                                                                             
| | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (i) the
  Investor does not have any agreement or understanding (either written or
  oral) with any U.S. Person or a person in the United States respecting:

| |                                                                                                                            
| | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (A) the
  transfer or assignment of any rights or interests in any of the Shares;                                          
| |                                                                                                                            
| | (B) the
  division of profits, losses, fees, commissions, or any financial stake in
  connection with this Subscription; or
| |                                                                                                                            
| | (C) the
  voting of the Shares; and                                                                                        

| |                                                                                                                                                                                       
| | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (ii) the
  Investor has no intention to distribute either directly or indirectly any of
  the Shares in the United States or to U.S. Persons except in accordance with
  Rule 144; and

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| | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (iii) the
  Investor represents that the current structure of this transaction and all
  transactions and activities contemplated hereunder is not a scheme to avoid
  the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act;

| |                                                 
| | ------------------------------------------------
| | (j) The
  Investor acknowledges and agrees that:

| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
| | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (i) the
  Shares have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act, and may not be
  offered or sold in the United States or to a U.S. Person unless an exemption
  from such registration requirements is available;                                                                                                                                                                      
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
| | (ii) the
  Issuer has no obligation or present intention of filing a registration
  statement under the U.S. Securities Act
  in respect of the Shares; and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
| | (iii) the
  Investor will not engage in any directed selling efforts (as defined by
  Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act)
  in the United States in respect of the Shares, which would include any
  activities undertaken for the purpose of, or that could reasonably be
  expected to have the effect of conditioning the market in the United States
  for the resale of the Shares;

| |                            
| | ---------------------------
| | Compliance with Resale Laws

| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
| | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (k) the
  Investor will comply with Applicable Securities Laws and, if applicable, Rule
  904 (resales through non-US markets) of Regulation S concerning the resale of
  the Shares and all related restrictions (and the Issuer is not in any way
  responsible for such compliance) and shall speak and consult with its own
  legal advisors with respect to such compliance;
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
| | Own Expense                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
| | (l) the
  Investor acknowledges and agrees that all costs and expenses incurred by the
  Investor (including any fees and disbursements of any special counsel or
  other advisors retained by the Investor) relating to the purchase of the
  Shares shall be borne by the Investor;                                                                                            
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
| | Other International Investors                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
| | (m) if the
  Investor is resident of an International Jurisdiction (meaning herein a
  country other than Canada or the United States) then:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
| | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (i) the
  Investor is knowledgeable of securities legislation having application or
  jurisdiction over the Investor and the Offering (other than the laws of
  Canada and the U.S.) which would apply to this subscription;                                                                                                                                       
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
| | (ii) the
  Investor is purchasing the Shares pursuant to exemptions from any prospectus,
  registration or similar requirements under the laws of that International
  Jurisdiction and or, if such is not applicable, the Investor is permitted to
  purchase the Investors Shares, and the Issuer has no filing obligations in
  the International Jurisdiction;
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
| | (iii) no
  laws in the International Jurisdiction require the Issuer to make any filings
  or seek any approvals of any kind whatsoever from any regulatory authority of
  any kind whatsoever in the International Jurisdiction; and                                                                                                                              
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
| | (iv) the
  Shares are being acquired for investment only and not with a view to resale
  and distribution within the International Jurisdiction.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

6. The Issuers
Representations

6.1 The Issuer
represents and warrants to the Investor that, as of the date of this
Subscription and at Closing hereunder:

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| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
| | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (a) the
  Issuers Public Record is correct in all material respects and does not omit
  any material information about the issuer;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
| | (b) the
  Issuer and its subsidiaries are valid and subsisting corporations duly
  incorporated and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdictions in
  which they are incorporated, continued or amalgamated, and each is a foreign
  private issuer as defined in §230.405 of Regulation C promulgated under the
  U.S. Securities Act and shall remain a foreign private issuer;                                                                                                                            
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
| | (c) the
  Issuer has complied, or will comply, with Applicable Securities Laws and all
  applicable corporate laws and regulations in connection with the offer, sale
  and issuance of the Securities, and in connection therewith has not engaged
  in any direct selling efforts, as such term is defined in Regulation S, or
  any general solicitation or general advertising as described in Regulation
  D;                                                                                                 
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
| | (d) the
  Issuer and its subsidiaries are the beneficial owners of the properties,
  business and assets or the interests in the properties, business or assets
  referred to in its Public Record and except as disclosed therein, all
  agreements by which the Issuer or its subsidiaries holds an interest in a
  property, business or asset are in good standing according to their terms,
  and the properties are in good standing under the applicable laws of the
  jurisdictions in which they are situated;
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
| | (e) the
  financial statements contained in the Public Record accurately reflect the
  financial position of the Issuer as at the date thereof, and no adverse
  material changes in the financial position of the Issuer have taken place
  since the date of the Issuers last financial statements except as filed in
  the Public Record;                                                                                                                                                                          
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
| | (f) the
  creation, issuance and sale of the Shares by the Issuer does not and will not
  conflict with and does not and will not result in a breach of any of the
  terms, conditions or provisions of its constating documents or any agreement
  or instrument to which the Issuer is a party;                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
| | (g) the
  Securities will, at the time of issue, be duly allotted, validly issued,
  fully paid and non-assessable and will be free of all liens, charges and
  encumbrances and the Issuer will reserve sufficient shares in the treasury of
  the Issuer to enable it to issue the Shares;                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
| | (h) this
  Subscription when accepted has been duly authorized by all necessary
  corporate action on the part of the Issuer and, subject to acceptance by the
  Issuer, constitutes a valid obligation of the Issuer legally binding upon it
  and enforceable in accordance with its terms;                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
| | (i) neither
  the Issuer nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any actions, suits or
  proceedings which could materially affect its business or financial
  condition, and to the best of the Issuers knowledge no such actions, suits
  or proceedings have been threatened as at the date hereof, except as
  disclosed in the Public Record;                                                                                                                                                                  
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
| | (j) no order
  ceasing or suspending trading in the securities of the Issuer nor prohibiting
  sale of such securities has been issued to the Issuer or its directors,
  officers or promoters and to the best of the Issuers knowledge no
  investigations or proceedings for such purposes are pending or threatened;
  and                                                                                                                                                                                         
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
| | (k) except
  as set out in the Public Record or herein, no person has any right, agreement
  or option, present or future, contingent or absolute, or any right capable of
  becoming a right, agreement or option for the issue or allotment of any
  unissued common shares of the Issuer or any other security convertible or
  exchangeable for any such shares or to require the Issuer to purchase, redeem
  or otherwise acquire any of the issued or outstanding shares of the Issuer.                         

7. Covenants of the Issuer

7.1 The Issuer
hereby covenants with each Investor that it will:

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| | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (a) offer,
  sell, issue and deliver the Securities pursuant to exemptions from the
  prospectus filing, registration or qualification requirements of Applicable
  Securities Laws and otherwise fulfil all legal

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| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
| | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | requirements
  required to be fulfilled by the Issuer (including without limitation,
  compliance with all Applicable Securities Laws of the Principal Canadian
  Jurisdictions) in connection with the Offering;                                                                           
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
| | (b) use its
  best efforts to maintain its status as a reporting issuer not in default in
  British Columbia and Alberta for a period of 12 months after the Closing
  Date;                                                                                                              
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
| | (c) within
  the required time, file with the TSX Venture and NZSX any documents, reports
  and information, in the required form, required to be filed by Applicable
  Securities Laws in connection with the Offering, together with any applicable
  filing fees and other materials; and
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
| | (d) the
  Issuer will use reasonable commercial efforts to satisfy as expeditiously as
  possible any conditions of the TSX Venture and NZSX required to be satisfied prior
  to the Regulatory Acceptance of this Offering.                                                                

8. Resale Restrictions and
Legending of
Securities

8.1 The
Investor acknowledges that any resale of the Securities will be subject to
resale restrictions contained in the Applicable Securities Laws applicable to
the Issuer, the Investor or any proposed transferee. All Investors will
receive, for the Shares acquired, a certificate bearing the following legend
imprinted thereof:

| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
| | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | Unless
  permitted under securities legislation, the holder of the securities shall
  not trade the securities before [insert that date which is four months and a
  day from the Closing Date.]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
| | Without
  prior written approval of the TSX Venture Exchange and compliance with all
  applicable securities legislation, the securities represented by this
  certificate may not be sold, transferred, hypothecated or otherwise traded on
  or through the facilities of the TSX Venture Exchange or otherwise in Canada
  or to or for the benefit of a Canadian resident until [insert that date which
  is four months and a day from the Closing Date.]

8.2 Investors
who are U.S Persons or who use herein an address in the U.S. who execute this
Agreement in the United States (which the Issuer will presume absent other
evidence) will receive all Securities certificates bearing the following legend
imprinted thereon as well as the legend referred to in §8.1:

| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
| | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | The
  securities represented hereby have not been and will not be registered under
  the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the U.S. Securities
  Act). The holder hereof, by purchasing such securities, agrees for the
  benefit of the Issuer that such securities may be offered, sold, pledged or
  otherwise transferred only (a) to the Issuer, (b) outside the United States
  in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act if
  applicable, (c) inside the United States (1) pursuant to the exemption from
  the registration requirements under the U.S. Securities Act provided by Rule
  144 thereunder, if available, and in accordance with applicable State
  securities laws, or (2) in a transaction that does not require registration
  under the U.S. Securities Act or any applicable State laws and regulations
  governing the offer and sale of securities, and the holder has prior to such
  sale furnished to the Issuer an opinion of counsel or other evidence of
  exemption in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer.
  Provided that if the Issuer is a foreign issuer as that term is defined by
  Regulation S of the U.S. Securities Act at the time of sale, a new
  certificate bearing no restrictive legend, delivery of which will constitute
  Good Delivery may be obtained form the transfer agent, upon delivery of
  this certificate and a duly executed declaration, in form satisfactory to the
  Issuer and its transfer agent, to the effect that the sale of the securities
  represented hereby is being made in compliance with Rule 904 of Regulation S
  under the U.S. Securities Act.

and that any
certificate representing any Securities issued in exchange therefor or in
substitution thereof will bear the same legend, provided, however, that
if the Issuer is a foreign issuer as that term is defined by Regulation S
under the U.S. Securities Act at the time of sale of any Shares, a new
certificate bearing no legend may be obtained from transfer agent upon delivery
of the certificate evidencing such securities and a duly executed declaration,
in a form satisfactory to the Company and transfer agent to the effect that the
sale of the securities is being made in compliance with Rule 904 of Regulation
S under the U.S. Securities

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Act. The
Issuer also reserves the right to affix to the Securities the legend contained
in this §8.2 or a similar legend if such legend is required to be affixed in
order to secure Regulatory Acceptance or compliance with the U.S. Securities
Act.

9. Investors Consent to
Issuer to Correct or
Complete Subscription Agreement

9.1 The
Investor consents to the Company, or its legal counsel, completing or
correcting the Investors subscription agreement as may reasonably be required
to finalize it.

10. General

10.1 Time is
of the essence hereof.

10.2 Neither
this Subscription Agreement nor any provision hereof shall be modified,
changed, discharged or terminated except by an instrument in writing signed by
the party against whom any waiver, change, discharge or termination is sought.

10.3 The
parties hereto shall execute and deliver all such further documents and
instruments and do all such acts and things as may either before or after the
execution of this Subscription Agreement be reasonably required to carry out
the full intent and meaning of this Subscription Agreement.

10.4 This
Subscription Agreement shall be subject to, governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of British Columbia and the laws of Canada as
applicable therein and the Investor hereby irrevocably attorns to the
jurisdiction of the Courts situate therein.

10.5 This
Subscription Agreement may not be assigned by any party hereto.

10.6 The
Issuer shall be entitled to rely on delivery of a facsimile copy of this
Subscription Agreement, and acceptance by the Issuer of a facsimile copy of
this Subscription Agreement shall create a legal, valid and binding agreement
between the Investor and the Issuer in accordance with its terms.

10.7 This
Subscription Agreement may be signed by the parties in as many counterparts as
may be deemed necessary, each of which so signed shall be deemed to be an
original, and all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.

10.8 This
Subscription, including, without limitation, the representations, warranties,
acknowledgements and covenants contained herein, shall survive and continue in
full force and effect and be binding upon the parties notwithstanding the
completion of the purchase of the Shares by the Investor pursuant hereto, the
completion of the issue of Shares of the Issuer and any subsequent disposition
by the Investor of the Shares;

10.9 The
invalidity or unenforceability of any particular provision of this Subscription
shall not affect or limit the validity or enforceability of the remaining
provisions of this Subscription;

10.10 Except
as expressly provided in this Subscription and in the agreements, instruments
and other documents contemplated or provided for herein, this Subscription
contains the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the sale of
the Securities and there are no other terms, conditions, representations or
warranties, whether expressed, implied, oral or written, by statute, by common
law, by the Issuer, by the Investor, or by anyone else;

10.11 All
monetary amounts are in US Dollars.

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SCHEDULE A

FORM 4C

CORPORATE
PLACEE REGISTRATION FORM

Where
subscribers to a Private Placement are not individuals, the following
information about the placee must be provided. This Form will remain on file
with the Exchange. The corporation, trust, portfolio manager or other entity
(the Placee) need only file it on one time basis, and it will be referenced
for all subsequent Private Placements in which it participates. If any of the
information provided in this Form changes, the Placee must notify the Exchange
prior to participating in further placements with Exchange listed companies. If
as a result of the Private Placement, the Placee becomes an Insider of the
Issuer, Insiders of the Placee are reminded that they must file a Personal
Information Form (2A) or, if applicable, Declarations, with the Exchange.

|   |                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
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|1. | Placee
 Information:                                                   
|   |                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|   | (a)                                                                     | Name: ____________________________________________________________________________________                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|   |                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|   | (b)                                                                     | Complete
 Address: __________________________________________________________________________                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|   |                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|   |                                                                         | __________________________________________________________________________________________                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|   |                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|   |                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|   | (c)                                                                     | Jurisdiction
 of Incorporation or
 Creation: ________________________________________________________                                                                                                                                                                                                
|   |                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|2. | (a)                                                                     | Is the
 Placee purchasing securities as a portfolio manager (Yes/No)? __________________________________                                                                                                                                                                                             
|   |                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|   | (b)                                                                     | Is the
 Placee carrying on business as a portfolio manager outside of Canada
 (Yes/No)? ______________                                                                                                                                                                                               
|   |                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|3. | If the
 answer to 2(b) above was Yes, the undersigned certifies that:
|   |                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|   | (a)                                                                     | It is
 purchasing securities of an Issuer on behalf of managed accounts for which it
 is making the investment decision to purchase the securities and has full
 discretion to purchase or sell securities for such accounts without requiring
 the clients express consent to a transaction;       
|   |                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|   | (b)                                                                     | it carries
 on the business of managing the investment portfolios of clients through
 discretionary authority granted by those clients (a portfolio manager
 business) in ______________ [jurisdiction], and it is permitted by law to
 carry on a portfolio manager business in that jurisdiction;
|   |                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|   | (c)                                                                     | it was not
 created solely or primarily for the purpose of purchasing securities of the
 Issuer;                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|   |                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|   | (d)                                                                     | the total
 asset value of the investment portfolios it manages on behalf of clients is not
 less than $20,000,000; and                                                                                                                                                                               
|   |                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|   | (e)                                                                     | it has no
 reasonable grounds to believe, that any of the directors, senior officers and
 other insiders of the Issuer, and the persons that carry on investor
 relations activities for the Issuer has a beneficial interest in any of the
 managed accounts for which it is purchasing.            

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|-- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|4. | If the
 answer to 2(a) above was No, please provide the names and addresses of
 control persons of the Placee:

|     |  |      |  |                    |  |        
|---- |  | ---- |  | ------------------ |  | -------
|Name |  | City |  | Province
 or State |  | Country
|     |  |      |  |                    |  |        

The
undersigned acknowledges that it is bound by the provisions of applicable
Securities Law, including provisions concerning the filing of insider reports
and reports of acquisitions (See for example, sections 87 and 111 of the Securities Act (British Columbia) and
sections 176 and 182 of the Securities Act
(Alberta).

Acknowledgement - Personal Information

Personal
Information means any information about an identifiable individual, and
includes information contained in sections 1, 2 and 4, as applicable, of this
Form.

The
undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that it has obtained the express
written consent of each individual to:

|    |                                                                                                                                                                                       
|--- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|(a) | the
 disclosure of Personal Information by the undersigned to the Exchange (as
 defined in Appendix 6B) pursuant to this Form; and                                                    
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                       
|(b) | the
 collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information by the Exchange for
 the purposes described in Appendix 6B or as otherwise identified by the
 Exchange, from time to time.

Dated at
______________________________________ on
____________________________________________________.

| |                                                                 
| | ----------------------------------------------------------------
| |                                                                 
| | (Name of
 Purchaser - please print)                             
| |                                                                 
| |                                                                 
| | (Authorized
 Signature)                                         
| |                                                                 
| |                                                                 
| | (Official
 Capacity - please print)                             
| |                                                                 
| |                                                                 
| | (please
 print name of individual whose signature appears above)

THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC DOCUMENT

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|(as at March 11, 2004) |                                    |       

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SCHEDULE B

REPRESENTATION LETTER

(FOR ACCREDITED INVESTORS-Canadian Investors
only)

|    |                                        
|--- | ---------------------------------------
|TO: | Austral Pacific Energy Ltd. (Austral)

In connection
with the purchase of common shares in the capital of Austral (Shares) by the
undersigned subscriber or, if applicable, the principal on whose behalf the
undersigned is purchasing as agent (the Subscriber for the purposes of this
Schedule B), the Subscriber hereby represents, warrants, covenants and
certifies to Austral that:

|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|-- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|1. | The
Subscriber is purchasing the Shares as principal for its own account or is
deemed to be acting as principal pursuant to National Instrument 45-106
entitled Properties and Registration Exemptions (NI 45-106);
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|2. | The
 Subscriber is an accredited investor within the meaning of NI 45-106 by
 virtue of satisfying the indicated criterion as set out in Appendix A to
 this Representation Letter; and                            
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|3. | Upon
 execution of this Schedule B by the Subscriber, this Schedule B shall be
 incorporated into and form a part of the Subscription Agreement.                                                                       

Dated:
_________________________, 2006.

| |                          |                                                        
| | ------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------
| |                         
| | Print name of Subscriber
| |                          |                                                        
| | By:                      |                                                        
| |                          |                                                        
| |                          | Signature                                              
| |                          |                                                        
| |                          |                                                        
| |                          | Print name of Signatory (if
 different from Subscriber)
| |                          |                                                        
| |                          |                                                        
| |                          | Title                                                  

IMPORTANT: PLEASE INITIAL APPENDIX A ON THE
NEXT PAGE

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APPENDIX A

TO SCHEDULE B

Accredited Investor - (defined in NI 45-106) means:

|  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|o | (a) an
  individual who, either alone or with a spouse, beneficially owns, directly or
  indirectly, financial assets having an aggregate realizable value that before
  taxes, but net of any related liabilities, exceeds $1,000,000;                                                                                                                        
|  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|o | (b) an
  individual whose net income before taxes exceeded $200,000 in each of the 2
  most recent calendar years or whose net income before taxes combined with
  that of a spouse exceeded $300,000 in each of the 2 most recent calendar
  years and who, in either case, reasonably expects to exceed that net income
  level in the current calendar year;
|  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|o | (c) an
  individual who, either alone or with a spouse, has net assets of at least
  $5,000,000;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|o | (d) a
  person, other than an individual or investment fund, that has net assets of
  at least $5,000,000 as shown on its most recently prepared financial
  statements;                                                                                                                                                                                       
|  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|o | (e) a person
  in respect of which all of the owners of interests, direct, indirect or
  beneficial, except the voting securities required by law to be owned by
  directors, are persons that are accredited investors;                                                                                                                                       
|  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|o | (f) a
  Canadian financial institution, or a Schedule III bank;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|o | (g) the
  Business Development Bank of Canada incorporated under the Business Development Bank of Canada Act(Canada);                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|o | (h) a
  subsidiary of any person referred to in paragraphs (f) or (g), if the person
  owns all of the voting securities of the subsidiary, except the voting
  securities required by law to be owned by directors of that subsidiary;                                                                                                                        
|  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|o | (i) a person
  registered under the securities legislation of a jurisdiction of Canada as an
  adviser or dealer, other than a person registered solely as a limited market
  dealer under one or both of the Securities
  Act(Ontario) or the Securities
  Act(Newfoundland and Labrador);                                                                    
|  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|o | (j) an
  individual registered or formerly registered under the securities legislation
  of a jurisdiction of Canada as a representative of a person referred to in
  paragraph (i);                                                                                                                                                                           
|  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|o | (k) the
  Government of Canada or a jurisdiction of Canada, or any crown corporation,
  agency or wholly owned entity of the Government of Canada or a jurisdiction
  of Canada;                                                                                                                                                                               
|  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|o | (l) a
  municipality, public board or commission in Canada and a metropolitan
  community, school board, the Comité de gestion de la taxe scolaire de lîle
  de Montréal or an intermunicipal management board in Québec;                                                                                                                                     
|  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|o | (m) any
  national, federal, state, provincial, territorial or municipal government of
  or in any foreign jurisdiction, or any agency of that government;                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|o | (n) a
  pension fund that is regulated by either the Office of the Superintendent of
  Financial Institutions (Canada) or a pension commission or similar regulatory
  authority of a jurisdiction of Canada;                                                                                                                                                  
|  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|o | (o) an
  investment fund that distributes or has distributed its securities only to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

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| | (i) | a person
  that is or was an accredited investor at the time of the distribution;

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| |       |                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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| | (ii)  | a person
  that acquires or acquired securities in the circumstances referred to in
  Sections 2.10 [Minimum amount investment],
  and 2.19 [Additional investment in
  investment funds] of NI 45-106; OR
| |       |                                                                                                                                                                                                           
| | (iii) | a person
  described in paragraph (i) or (ii) that acquires or acquired securities under
  Section 2.18 [Investment fund reinvestment]
  of NI 45-106;                                                    

|  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|o | (p) an
  investment fund that distributes or has distributed securities under a
  prospectus in a jurisdiction of Canada for which the regulator or, in Québec,
  the securities regulatory authority, has issued a receipt;                                                                                                                             
|  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|o | (q) a trust
  company or trust corporation registered or authorized to carry on business
  under the Trust and Loan Companies Act(Canada)
  or under comparable legislation in a jurisdiction of Canada or a foreign
  jurisdiction, acting on behalf of a fully managed account managed by the
  trust company or trust corporation, as the case may be;
|  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|o | (r) a person
  acting on behalf of a fully managed account managed by that person, if that
  person                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

| |      |                                                                                                                                                                                   
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| | (i)  | is
  registered or authorized to carry on business as an adviser or the equivalent
  under the securities legislation of a jurisdiction of Canada or a foreign
  jurisdiction; and
| |      |                                                                                                                                                                                   
| | (ii) | in Ontario,
  is purchasing a security that is not a security of an investment fund;                                                                                              

|  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|o | (s) a
  registered charity under the Income Tax
  Act(Canada) that, in regard to the trade, has obtained advice
  from an eligibility adviser or an adviser registered under the securities
  legislation of the jurisdiction of the registered charity to give advice on
  the securities being traded;
|  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|o | (t) an
  entity organized in a foreign jurisdiction that is analogous to any of the
  entities referred to in paragraphs (f) to (i) or paragraph (n) in form and
  function;                                                                                                                            
|  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|o | (u) an
  investment fund that is advised by a person registered as an adviser or a
  person that is exempt from registration as an adviser; OR                                                                                                                                                          
|  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|o | (v) a person
  that is recognized or designated by the securities regulatory authority or,
  except in Ontario and Québec, the regulator as                                                                                                                                                             

| |      |                                                                                       
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| | (i)  | an
  accredited investor; or                                                          
| |      |                                                                                       
| | (ii) | an exempt
  purchaser in Alberta or British Columbia after NI 45-106 comes into force;

and for purposes
hereof:.

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|(a) | Canadian financial institution means                                                                                                                                                                
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|    | (i)                                                                                                                                                                                                    | an association governed by
  the Cooperative Credit Associations Act(Canada)
  or a central cooperative credit society for which an order has been made
  under section 473(1) of the Cooperative
  Credit Associations Act(Canada), or                                                                                              
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|    | (ii)                                                                                                                                                                                                   | a bank, loan corporation,
  trust company, trust corporation, insurance company, treasury branch, credit
  union, caisse populaire, financial services cooperative, or league that, in each case, is
  authorized by an enactment of Canada or a jurisdiction of Canada to carry on
  business in Canada or a jurisdiction of Canada;
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|(b) | control person has the meaning ascribed to that term in
  securities legislation except Ontario where control person means any person
  that holds or is one of a combination of persons that hold
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|    | (i)                                                                                                                                                                                                    | a sufficient number of any
  of the securities of an issuer so as to affect materially the control of the
  issuer, or                                                                                                                                                                                                               

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|    | (ii)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | more than 20% of the
  outstanding voting securities of an issuer except where there is evidence
  showing that the holding of those securities does not affect materially the
  control of that issuer;     
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|(c) | eligibility adviser means a person that is registered as an
  investment dealer or in an equivalent category of registration under the
  securities legislation of the jurisdiction of a purchaser and authorized to
  give advice with respect to the type of security being distributed;
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|(d) | executive officer means, for an issuer, an individual who is                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|    | (i)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | a chair, vice-chair or
  president,                                                                                                                                                                          
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|    | (ii)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | a vice-president in charge
  of a principal business unit, division or function including sales, finance
  or production,                                                                                    
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|    | (iii)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | an officer of the issuer or
  any of its subsidiaries and who performs a policy-making function in respect
  of the issuer, or                                                                               
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|    | (iv)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | performing a policy-making
  function in respect of the issuer;                                                                                                                                              
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|(e) | financial assets means (i) cash, (ii) securities or (iii) a
  contract of insurance, a deposit or an evidence of a deposit that is not a
  security for the purposes of securities legislation;                                                                                           
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|(f) | founder means,in
  respect of an issuer, a person who,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|    | (i)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | acting alone, in
  conjunction or in concert with one or more persons, directly or indirectly,
  takes the initiative in founding, organizing or substantially reorganizing
  the business of the issuer, and
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|    | (ii)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | at the time of the trade is
  actively involved in the business of the issuer;                                                                                                                               
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|(g) | fully managed account means an account of a client for which a
  person makes the investment decisions if that person has full discretion to
  trade in securities for the account without requiring the clients express
  consent to a transaction;                                     
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|(h) | investment fund has the meaning ascribed thereto in National
  Instrument 81-106 - Investment Fund
  Continuous Disclosure;                                                                                                                                                               
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|(i) | person includes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|    | (i)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | an individual,                                                                                                                                                                                               
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|    | (ii)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | a corporation,                                                                                                                                                                                               
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|    | (iii)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | a partnership, trust, fund
  and an association, syndicate, organization or other organized group of
  persons, whether incorporated or not, and                                                             
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|    | (iv)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | an individual or other
  person in that persons capacity as a trustee, executor, administrator or
  personal or other legal representative;                                                                 
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|(j) | related liabilities means                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|    | (i)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | liabilities incurred or
  assumed for the purpose of financing the acquisition or ownership of
  financial assets, or                                                                                        
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|    | (ii)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | liabilities that are
  secured by financial assets.                                                                                                                                                          
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|(k) | spouse means, an individual who,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|    | (i)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | is married to another
  individual and is not living separate and apart within the meaning of the Divorce Act (Canada), from the other
  individual,                                                         
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|    | (ii)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | is living with another
  individual in a marriage-like relationship, including a marriage-like
  relationship between individuals of the same gender, or                                                     

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|                                  | (iii)                                                                                                                                    | in Alberta, is an individual
  referred to in paragraph (i) or (ii) immediately above or is an adult
  interdependent partner within the meaning of the Adult Interdependent Relationships Act(Alberta); and
|                                  |                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|(l)                               | subsidiary means an issuer that is controlled directly
  or indirectly by another issuer and includes a subsidiary of that subsidiary;
|                                  |                                                                                                                                         
|Affiliated
  Entities and Control

|   |                                                                                                                                                                   
|-- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|1. | An issuer is
  considered to be an affiliate of another issuer if one of them is a
  subsidiary of the other, or if each of them is controlled by the same person.
|   |                                                                                                                                                                   
|2. | A person
  (first person) is considered to control another person (second person) if                                                                              

| |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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| | (a) | the first
  person, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns or exercises control or
  direction over securities of the second person carrying votes which, if
  exercised, would entitle the first person to elect a majority of the
  directors of the second person, unless the first person holds the voting
  securities only to secure an obligation,
| |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
| | (b) | the second
  person is a partnership, other than a limited partnership, and the first
  person holds more than 50% of the interests in the partnership, or                                                                                                                                                                                                  
| |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
| | (c) | the second
  person is a limited partnership and the general partner of the limited
  partnership is the first person.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

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SCHEDULE
C

CERTIFICATE
OF U.S. PURCHASER

This form must be completed by United States
investors (only)

A United
States investor is any person in the United States or any U.S. person as
defined in Regulation S under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as
amended. This will include (a) any natural person resident in the United
States; (b) any partnership or corporation organized or incorporated under the
laws of the United States; (c) any trust of which any trustee is a U.S. person;
(d) any partnership or corporation organized outside the United States by a
U.S. person principally for the purpose of investing in securities not
registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, unless it is organized or
incorporated, and owned, by accredited investors who are not natural persons,
estates or trusts; (e) any estate of which any executor or administrator is a
U.S. person.

2. The Investor covenants, represents and
warrants to Austral Pacific Energy Ltd.
(the Issuer) that:

| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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| | (a) it understands that the Shares have not been and will not be
  registered under the U.S. Securities Act and that the sale contemplated
  hereby is being made in reliance on the exemption from such registration
  requirement provided by Rule 506 of Regulation D;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
| | (b) it acknowledges that it has not purchased the Shares as a result
  of any form of general solicitation or general advertising, including
  advertisements, articles, notices or other communications published in any
  newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over radio, or television,
  or any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by general
  solicitation or general advertising;                                                                                                                                                                                              
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
| | (c) it understands and agrees that there may be material tax
  consequences to the Investor of an acquisition, disposition or exercise of
  any of the Shares. The Issuer gives no opinion and makes no representation
  with respect to the tax consequences to the Investor under United States,
  state, local or foreign tax law of the undersigneds acquisition or
  disposition of such securities. In particular, no determination has been made
  whether the Issuer will be a passive foreign investment company (PFIC)
  within the meaning of Section 1291 of the United States Internal Revenue Code;
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
| | (d) it understands and agrees that the financial statements of the
  Issuer have been prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted
  accounting principles, which differ in some respects from United States
  generally accepted accounting principles, and thus may not be comparable to
  financial statements of United States companies;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
| | (e) it understands and acknowledges that upon the issuance thereof,
  and until such time as the same is no longer required under the applicable
  requirements of the U.S. Securities Act or applicable state securities laws
  and regulations, the certificates representing the Shares will bear a legend
  in substantially the following form:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | The securities represented hereby have not been and will not be
  registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
  U.S. Securities Act). The holder hereof, by purchasing such securities,
  agrees for the benefit of the Issuer that such securities may be offered,
  sold, pledged or otherwise transferred only (a) to the Issuer, (b) outside
  the United States in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the U.S.
  Securities Act if applicable, (c) inside the United Sates (1) pursuant to the
  exemption from the registration requirements under the U.S. Securities Act
  provided by Rule 144 thereunder, if available, and in accordance with
  applicable State securities laws, or (2) in a transaction that does not
  require registration under the U.S. Securities Act or any applicable State
  laws and regulations governing the offer and sale of securities, and the
  holder has prior to such sale furnished to the Issuer an opinion of counsel
  or other evidence of exemption in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
  to Austral. Provided

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| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | that if Austral is a foreign issuer as that term is defined by
  Regulation S of the U.S. Securities Act at the time of sale, a new
  certificate bearing no restrictive legend, delivery of which will constitute
  Good Delivery may be obtained form the transfer agent, upon delivery of
  this certificate and a duly executed declaration, in form satisfactory to
  Austral and its transfer agent, to the effect that the sale of the securities
  represented hereby is being made in compliance with Rule 904 of Regulation S
  under the U.S. Securities Act.
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
| | If the
  Issuer is a foreign issuer within the meaning of Regulation S under the
  U.S. Securities Act at the time of sale, a new certificate, which will
  constitute good delivery, will be made available to the Investor upon
  provision by the Investor to the transfer agent of a declaration (in the form
  attached as Appendix A) that the sale of the securities represented
  thereby is being made in compliance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the
  U.S. Securities Act.
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
| | (f) it consents to the Issuer making a notation on its records or
  giving instruction to the registrar and transfer agent of the Issuer in order
  to implement the restrictions on transfer set forth and described herein;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
| | (g) if an individual, it is a resident of the state or other
  jurisdiction listed in its address on the signature page of the Subscription
  Agreement, or if the Investor is not an individual, the office of the
  Investor at which the Investor received and accepted the offer to purchase
  the Issuers Shares is the address listed on the signature page of the
  Subscription Agreement.                                                                                               
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
| | (h) it has such knowledge and experience in financial and business
  matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment
  in the Shares and it is able to bear the economic risk of loss of its entire
  investment;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
| | (i) the Issuer has provided to it the opportunity to ask questions
  and receive answers concerning the terms and conditions of the offering and
  it has had access to such information concerning the Issuer as it has
  considered necessary or appropriate in connection with its investment
  decision to acquire the Shares;                                                                                                                                                                
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
| | (j) it is acquiring the Shares for its own account, for investment
  purposes only and not with a view to any resale, distribution or other
  disposition of the Shares in violation of the United States securities laws;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
| | (k) if it decides to offer, sell or otherwise transfer any of the
  Shares, it will not offer, sell or otherwise transfer any of such Shares
  directly or indirectly, unless                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | (i) the sale is to the Issuer;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | (ii) the sale is made outside the United States in a transaction
  meeting the requirements of Rule 904 of Regulation S under the U.S.
  Securities Act and in compliance with applicable local laws and regulations;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | (iii) the sale is made pursuant to the exemption from the
  registration requirements under the U.S. Securities Act provided by Rule 144
  thereunder and in accordance with any applicable state securities or Blue
  Sky laws; or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | (iv) the Shares are sold in a
  transaction that does not require registration under the U.S. Securities Act
  or any applicable state laws and regulations governing the offer and sale of
  securities, and, in the case of clauses (ii) or (iv) above, it has prior to
  such sale furnished to the Issuer an opinion of counsel or other evidence of
  exemption in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer;                                                                                                                                            
| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
| | (l) It is an accredited investor as defined in Regulation D by
  virtue of satisfying one or more of the categories indicated below
  (please place your initials on the appropriate line(s)):                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

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|      |  |              |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
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|_____ |  | Category 1.  |  | A bank, as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the U.S. Securities Act,
  whether acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity; or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|      |  |              |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|_____ |  | Category 2.  |  | A savings and loan association or other institution as defined in
  Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the U.S. Securities Act, whether acting in its
  individual or fiduciary capacity; or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|      |  |              |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|_____ |  | Category 3.  |  | A broker or dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934; or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|      |  |              |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|_____ |  | Category 4.  |  | An insurance company as defined in Section 2(13) of the U.S.
  Securities Act; or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|      |  |              |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|_____ |  | Category 5.  |  | An investment company registered under the Investment Issuer Act of 1940;
  or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|      |  |              |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|_____ |  | Category 6.  |  | A business development company as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of the Investment
  Issuer Act of 1940; or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|      |  |              |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|_____ |  | Category 7.  |  | A small business investment company licensed by the U.S. Small
  Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small
  Business Investment Act of 1958; or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|      |  |              |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|_____ |  | Category 8.  |  | A plan established and maintained by a state, its political
  subdivision or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political
  subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees, with assets in excess of
  US$5,000,000; or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|      |  |              |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|_____ |  | Category 9.  |  | An employee benefit plan within the meaning of the Employee
  Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 in which the investment
  decision is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in Section 3(21) of such
  Act, which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company
  or registered investment advisor, or an employee benefit plan with total
  assets in excess of US$5,000,000 or, if a self-directed plan, the investment
  decisions are made solely by persons who are accredited investors; or
|      |  |              |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|_____ |  | Category 10. |  | A private business development company as defined in Section
  202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisors Act of 1940; or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|      |  |              |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|_____ |  | Category 11. |  | An organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
  Revenue Code, a corporation, a Massachusetts or similar business
  trust, or a partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the
  Shares, with total assets in excess of US$5,000,000; or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|      |  |              |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|_____ |  | Category 12. |  | A director, executive officer or general partner of the Issuer; or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|      |  |              |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|_____ |  | Category 13. |  | A natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with
  that persons spouse, at the time of this purchase exceeds US$1,000,000; or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|      |  |              |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|_____ |  | Category 14. |  | A natural person who had an individual income in excess of US$200,000
  in each year of the two most recent years or joint income with that persons
  spouse in excess of US$300,000 in each of those years and has a reasonable
  expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year; or                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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|      |  |              |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|----- |  | ------------ |  | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|_____ |  | Category 15. |  | A trust, with total assets in excess of US$5,000,000, not formed for
  the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, whose purchase is
  directed by a sophisticated person as described in SEC Rule 506(b)(2)(ii); or
|      |  |              |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|_____ |  | Category 16. |  | An entity in which each of the equity owners meets the requirements
  of one of the above categories.                                                                                                                             

ONLY UNITED STATES INVESTORS NEED TO COMPLETE
AND SIGN

| |                                        | 
| | -------------------------------------- | 
| |                                        | 
| | Date                                   | 
| |                                        | 
| |                                        | 
| | Duly authorized signatory for Investor | 
| |                                        | 
| |                                        | 
| | (Print name of Investor)               | 

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Appendix A to

CERTIFICATE
OF U.S. PURCHASER

FORM OF DECLARATION FOR REMOVAL OF LEGEND

|    |                                                                                   
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|TO: | COMPUTERSHARE TRUST
  COMPANY OF CANADA                                           
|    | as registrar and transfer
  agent for Common Shares of Austral Pacific Energy Ltd.
|    | 2nd Floor, 510
  Burrard Street                                                   
|    | Vancouver BC CANADA                                                               

The undersigned (a)
acknowledges that the sale of the securities of Austral Pacific Energy Ltd (the
Company) to which this declaration relates is being made in reliance on Rule
904 of Regulation S under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the U.S. Securities Act) and (b) certifies that (1) the undersigned is not
an affiliate of the Company (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the U.S.
Securities Act), (2) the offer of such securities was not made to a person in
the United States and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed that
the buyer was outside the United States, or (B) the transaction was executed
in, on or through the facilities of the applicable Canadian stock exchanges
designated in Regulation S or any other Designated Offshore Securities Market
as defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act and neither the seller
nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction has been
prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (3) neither the seller nor any
affiliate of the seller nor any person acting on any of their behalf has
engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts in the United States in
connection with the offer and sale of such securities, (4) the sale is bona
fide and not for the purpose of washing off the resale restrictions imposed
because the securities are restricted securities (as such term is defined in
Rule 144(a)(3) under the U.S. Securities Act) and (5) the contemplated sale is
not a transaction, or part of a series of transaction which, although in
technical compliance with Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act, is part
of a plan or scheme to evade the registration provisions of the U.S. Securities
Act. Terms used herein have the meanings given to them by Regulation S under
the U.S. Securities Act.

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|       |  |  | Name of Seller
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|       |  |  |                | Name: 
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Affirmation by Sellers Broker-Dealer

We have read the foregoing
representations of our customer, __________________________ (the
Seller) dated ________________________, with regard to our sale, for such
Sellers account, of the __________________ Shares, represented by certificate
number ___________ (the Shares), of the Company described therein, and on
behalf of ourselves we certify and affirm that (A) we have no knowledge that
the transaction had been prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (B) the
transaction was executed on or through the facilities of the Toronto Stock Exchange
and (C) neither we, nor any person acting on our behalf, engaged in any
directed selling efforts in connection with the offer and sale of such
Securities. Terms used herein have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.

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