Ninety-eight percent of the 2005
class is in high poverty areas; 82 percent in predominantly minority
communities; 19 in Hispanic communities.nasa.gov/home/index.

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"The program provides the opportunity to
Explore - Discover - and Understand through educational activities. It
includes fun, challenging adventures tailored to promote learning and studying
science, mathematics, engineering and technology.
"Perhaps someone in a NASA Explorer School will be the first to walk on
Mars," Loston said.

Swift Energy Forms Exploration Joint Venture in New Zealand

Terry Swift, CEO of Swift Energy, commented, "The joint venture
with Mighty River Power enhances our ability to carry forward the
exploration of these Taranaki prospects.

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For information about NASA and agency programs on the Internet, visit

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Business Editors /Energy Editors

HOUSTON----Swift Energy Company
(NYSE:SFY) announced today, in conjunction with Mighty River Power
("MRP"), a state-owned New Zealand utility, that Swift Energy New
Zealand Limited ("SENZ") has entered into a series of farm-out
agreements with MRP for 50% working interest in relation to Swift
Energy's 2005 Tarata Thrust exploration program in New Zealand. Once MRP has earned its 50% interest,
Swift Energy and MRP will equally share any future development costs
subject to the terms of the agreements."
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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 have been correct.

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Since its inauguration in 2003, the NES has
established three-year partnerships annually with 50 schools.gov

For information about NASA Education programs on the Internet, visit:

http://education. Swift Energy will continue to
maintain its 100% working interest in the existing producing horizons
and facilities in both the TAWN and Rimu/Kauri areas.

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The partnerships
include students, teachers, and education administrators serving grades four
through nine, from diverse communities across the country.
Each summer teachers participate in one-week professional development
workshops at one of 10 NASA Field Centers . This program with Swift Energy is consistent with our intent to
secure multiple generation options to help meet the future electricity
needs and demands of New Zealanders and our economy. Their
major generation assets are based on Lake Taupo and nine dams on the
Waikato River, supplemented by growing capabilities in geothermal
generation, combined cycle generation and landfill methane generation . Certain risks
and uncertainties inherent in the Company's business are set forth in
the filings of the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.

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During the three-year partnership , NES teams work with NASA personnel and
other partners to develop and implement strategic plans for staff and
students.
Eighty-seven percent of NES are in high poverty areas; 76 percent
represent predominantly minority communities.nasa. In
addition, the demand for electricity is growing at around 2% or 150MW
per year.

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It focuses on children nine to 12 years old. Space Exploration is a bold new course into the
cosmos, a journey that will return the Space Shuttle safely to flight,
complete the construction of the International Space Station , take humans back
to the moon and eventually to Mars and beyond.
For a list of NASA Explorer Schools on the Internet, visit:

http://explorerschools.
SENZ will be the operator.

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MRP is a strategic energy
partner that understands and appreciates the importance of these oil
and gas opportunities. Swift Energy engages in developing, exploring, acquiring and
operating oil and gas properties, with a focus on onshore and inland
waters oil and natural gas reserves in Louisiana and Texas and onshore
oil and natural gas reserves in New Zealand.

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"We're delighted to be partnering with such an
experienced high quality explorer as Swift Energy in what we
anticipate will be the first of several gas exploration projects
Mighty River Power will develop over the next few years.

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Mighty River Power is a New Zealand owned generator and retailer
of energy providing up to 22% of New Zealand's total electricity
demand to more than 300,000 business and domestic customers .

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Schools in the
program are eligible to receive grants up to $17,500 over the three-year
period to support student engagement in science and mathematics.

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In cooperation with the European Space Agency, the Dutch Ministry of
Education, Culture and Science, NASA's Explorer Schools concept traveled
overseas to the Netherlands.
This material includes "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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"NASA will need a robust workforce to carry out the Vision for Space
Exploration. Adena Williams Loston . The plans promote and support the use of NASA content and programs
to address the teams' local needs in mathematics, science, and technology
education.

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About 15 % of
New Zealand's current generation comes from thermal fuels.

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The Explorer School program looks to fulfill the Vision by
inspiring the next generation of explorers," said NASA's Chief Education
Officer, Dr.
The announcement completed a week of activities during the 2005 Leadership
Institute /2003 and 2004 NASA Explorer Schools Student Symposium in Space
Center, Houston. It included workshops and tours of NASA's Johnson Space
Center, Houston for students and educators attending the Symposium . Called the Delta Researchers School Program
(DRS), it is patterned after NES. Under the terms of the farm-out agreements,
MRP will provide the funding for the drilling of the three exploration
wells to earn a 50% working interest in any commercial discoveries
resulting from these prospects.

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The NASA Explorer Schools are the heart of a unique
education program that reaches elementary-to-high -school students in all 50
states, Puerto Rico and Washington.S.html

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consistently shown long-term growth in its proved oil and gas
reserves, production and cash flow through a disciplined program of
acquisitions and drilling, while maintaining a strong financial
position. The
opinions , forecasts, projections, or other statements other than
statements of historical fact, are forward -looking statements.

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The NASA Explorer Schools (NES) program is one of four major agency
educational initiatives. The
joint venture with MRP intends to drill three exploration prospects in
2005, the Goss and Trapper prospects located in Swift Energy's TAWN
area and the Tawa prospect located in Swift Energy's Rimu/Kauri area.

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The NES program also reaches out to
the students' families and communities by providing access to interactive Web
NASA learning adventures and other special opportunities .

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They have access to unique NASA resources and materials to help them learn
about agency careers in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology. They also receive $500 stipends for
both summer and school year activities.

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WASHINGTON, NASA today announced the 50 new 2005
Explorer Schools .nasa. We look forward to a successful venture that
will test meaningful exploration targets in New Zealand's most
prolific oil and gas basin. Doug Heffernan, CEO of MRP, welcomed the partnership with
Swift Energy.
Celebrating its 25th Anniversary in 2004, and headquartered in
Houston.

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Students participate in authentic NASA science and technology experiences.
DRS emphasizes human spaceflight, the International Space Station and other
international cooperative projects. We need to be looking for alternatives to the Maui supply
now.