Goodrich Petroleum to Present at 2009 BMO Capital Markets Unconventional Gas Conference

Goodrich Petroleum to Present at 2009 BMO Capital Markets Unconventional Gas
Conference

HOUSTON, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Goodrich Petroleum Corporation
(NYSE: GDP) announced that the Company's President, Robert C. Turnham, Jr.,
will present at the 2009 BMO Capital Markets Unconventional Gas Conference at
9:00 am eastern time on Tuesday, January 13, 2009, at The Millennium Broadway
Hotel, located at 145 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10017. A copy of the
presentation will be available on the Company's website beginning Monday,
January 12, 2009 at www.goodrichpetroleum.com.

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

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

SOURCE Goodrich Petroleum Corporation

Robert C. Turnham, Jr., President, or David R. Looney, Chief Financial Officer
of Goodrich Petroleum Corporation, +1-713-780-9494