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November 28, 2012

Jefferies Global Energy Conference

1. Transition to an Oil Company is Real ― Oil/Liquids to be >50% of Total Production in 4Q’12

2. Oil/Liquids Growth Driving Revenues, Cash Flow― ~85% of 2012 Revenues will come from Oil/Liquids

3. Encouraging Assessment Results — Cana Woodford

— Uteland Butte

— Wasatch Horizontal

— SXL Eagle Ford

4. Asset Sales Approximately $1B Since Early 2011

5. NFX Has a Deep Inventory of Oil/Liquids Assets― 2013 Domestic Oil/Liquids Growth >20%

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1. Proven History in Oklahoma Woodford Formation― Arkoma Woodford ~500 Total Wells (374 HZTs)

― 310,000 Net Acres Prospective for the Woodford Shale

Formation

2. Assessing the Anadarko Basin― Oil/Liquids-Rich Basin

― Thick, Quality Resource with Multiple Horizons

― >200,000 Net Acres

3. Cana Woodford ― 142,000 Net Acres

― Up to 1 Billion BOE of Net Unrisked Resource Potential

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Key Statistics: • Current

― 4 NFX Operated Rigs Running (24 Total Industry Rigs)

― 19 NFX Horizontal Wells Producing

― 5 Wells Waiting on Completion

• 2013 Plan

― Up to 8 NFX Operated Rigs

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Key Takeaways

• 142,000 Net Acres

• 9,300 BOEPD Net Production

― 60% Liquids

• Active Development/Assessment

― 4-6 NFX Operated Rigs

South Cana Results YTD

• 9 Producing Wells (Avg. 75% WI)

• 1,215 BOEPD Avg. IP (32% Oil)

• 901 BOEPD Avg. 30 Day Rate

• 792 BOEPD Avg. 100 Day Rate

North Cana (Klade Well)

• 925 BOEPD (93% Oil)

• 660 BOEPD Avg. 30 Day Rate

• 99% WI

• Two Pilots Underway

• Testing 80 and 130 Acre

Spacing

• Testing Upper and Lower

Woodford

• GOALS:

― Decrease Time from

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Development

― Determine Optimal

Spacing for

Development

Applying “Best Practices” to Reduce Time from Assessment to Development

NFX Faith Spacing Pilot – First Production Dec’12

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• LIQUIDS Drive Value Creation

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Delivering Exceptional Returns

• OIL Drives Value Creation

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WELLHEAD

OIL/COND – 500 BCPD (27%)

SEPARATOR GAS – 8.3 MMcf/d (73%)

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5.8 MMcf/d+/- 930 Bbls NGL

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960 BOEPD 500 BCPD 930 Bbls

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Wright 1H-9 Cana XL

$98,900/day$98,900/day$98,900/day$98,900/day

$18,900/day $47,500/day $32,500/day

*Assumes $95/Bbl Oil, $35/Bbl NGLs and $3.25/Mcf

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• > 50% Improvement in Drill Time

and Cost/Lateral foot YTD’12

• New Technology― Rotary Steerable Systems

― New PDC Bits

― Innovative Casing Designs

• Identifying High “Rate of

Penetration” Zones

• Increasing Lateral Lengths to 7,500 -

10,000’

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OZARK UPLIFT

BRAVODOME

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Arkoma Basin

Cherokee PlatformWoodford Shale

Woodford - SH

• Significant Potential along the Woodford Fairway― 15+ Productive Intervals with Oil, Wet Gas, & Gas

― Stacked Unconventional Resource Fairways

― Traditional Vertical Potential

• Existing Technical Knowledge & Expertise― One of the most Prolific Onshore US Basins

― Rich Stratigraphic Column with Numerous O&G Pays

― Multiple Petroleum Systems

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Altamont / Bluebell

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Horizontal Wasatch Wells Horizontal Uteland Butte

• 5 Total Wells Drilled & Completed

― 1,200 BOEPD (87% Oil) Avg. 24 Hour IP

― 720 BOEPD Avg. 30 Day Rate**

― 550 BOEPD Avg. 60 Day Rate**

― 3,800’ Avg. Lateral Length

• 6 Wells in Various Stages of Completion

Pressured Uteland Butte*

• 35 Total Vertical Wells to Date

― 900 BOEPD (87% Oil) Avg. 24 Hour IP

― 400 BOEPD Avg. 30 Day Rate

― 275 BOEPD Avg. 60 Day Rate

― 250 BOEPD Avg. 90 Day Rate

• 2 HZT Wells Drilled & Completed

― 1,200 BOEPD (88% Oil) Avg. 24 Hour IP

― 900 BOEPD Avg. 30 Day Rate

― 750 BOEPD Avg. 60 Day Rate

― 625 BOEPD Avg. 90 Day Rate

― ~3,200’ Avg. Lateral Length

Wasatch Wells*

Key Takeaways• 230,000 Net Acres

• Gross Production Approximately 39,000 BOEPD

Monument

Butte

Central Basin

*Gross 24-hour rates

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PeriodVolume Hedged

MMCF/D

Weighted-Average

Fixed Price

Value @

$2 / MMBtu

Value @

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Value @

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4Q ‘12 287 $3.65 $44MM $18MM ($11MM)

2013 271 $4.29 $235MM $136MM $29MM

2014 240 $3.86 $163MM $75MM ($7MM)

2015 60 $4.03 $44MM $23MM $3MM

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4Q ‘12 35,000 $82.96 $8MM $6MM ($2MM) ($22MM)

2013 35,700 $94.55 $190MM $59MM ($10MM) ($32MM)

2014 21,000 $92.87 $99MM $22MM ($29MM) ($55MM)

* See @NFX on Newfield Website for Detailed Hedging Position

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