STEALTHGAS INC. Announces Acquisition of Two New Resale Product Carriers and Their Deployment on Seven Year Bare Boat Charters as Well as Charter Renewal for the Gas Chios

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ATHENS, GREECE--(Marketwire - December 6, 2007) - STEALTHGAS INC. (NASDAQ: GASS) (the "Company"), a ship owning company serving primarily the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sector of the international shipping industry, announced today that it has entered into contracts to acquire, from an unaffiliated party, two new 47,000 deadweight M.R. type product tankers ex yard for delivery in February and April 2008 respectively. Upon their delivery to the Company they will be deployed on seven year bare boat charters to an international oil trader.

The total purchase price of the two vessels is $115 million and this will be funded by a combination of equity from the Company's successful follow on offering completed in July 2007 and bank debt. The aggregate monthly income for the two vessels is $932,672 per calendar month.

Commenting on the purchases CEO Harry Vafias said, "Since our successful follow on offering in July of this year we have been very active in trying to acquire further tonnage in our core sector, Handy Size LPG carriers. However due to the continued improved market conditions within this sector asset prices are still rising and existing owners have become much more reluctant to sell, therefore we took the decision to look for a secure opportunistic investment in order for us to be able to deploy some of the funds that we raised in the summer of this year in an accretive manner. As such we believe that the investment in two brand new high tech product tankers fixed on long term bare boat charters to a first class name gives us that opportunity. The LPG sector will continue to be the core of our ongoing strategy as we believe the outlook for the transportation of these gases is very positive over the coming years given, as I have discussed before, the likely increase of supply of product at a time of declining fleet growth in the Handy Size sector."

The Company also announced that the existing time charter for the Gas Chios has been extended from March 2008 for a further two years with its existing charterer at a 40% increase over the current charter rate.

CEO Harry Vafias commented, "We are very pleased to announce this very attractive increase in the charter rate for the Gas Chios which we believe further underlines our belief that the fundamentals for our particular sector are very positive going into the next two to three years. The fact that a prime charterer has also sought to secure the vessel for their use for a further two years also in our opinion reiterates that view." 

Fleet Profile and Fleet Deployment:

The table below show the Company's fleet development and deployment as
 of today:

LPG Carrier Fleet

                       Vessel               Delivered             Charter
                        Size  Vessel  Year     To     Employment Expiration
Vessel                  (cbm)  Type   Built   GASS     Status        (1)
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------

CURRENT FLEET
Gas Cathar               7,517   F.P.   2001  Oct-05 Time Charter    Aug-08
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Haralambos           7,000   F.P.   2007  Oct-07 Time Charter    Oct-09
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Marathon             6,572   F.P.   1995  Nov-05     Bareboat    Oct-09
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Chios (2)            6,562   F.P.   1991  Oct-05 Time Charter    Mar-10
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Amazon               6,526   F.P.   1992  May-05 Time Charter   Nov -08
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Flawless             6,300   F.P.   2007  Feb-07 Time Charter    Feb-09
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Monarch              5,018   F.P.   1997  Dec-05     Bareboat    Jun-10
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Nemesis (3) (26)     5,016   F.P.   1995  Jun-06 Time Charter    May-09
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Lyne (4)                 5,014   F.P.   1996  May-06     Bareboat    May-09
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Emperor (5)          5,013   F.P.   1995  Feb-05 Time Charter    Jun-08
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Birgit Kosan             5,012   F.P.   1995  Apr-05     Bareboat    Oct-11
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Catterick (6)            5,001    F.P   1995  Nov-05 Time Charter    Jan-09
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Sir Ivor (7)             5,000   F.P.   2003  May-06     Bareboat    May-09
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Icon (8)             5,000   F.P.   1994  Jun-07 Time Charter    Jul-10
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Kalogeros (9)        5,000   F.P.   2007  Jul-07 Time Charter    Apr-10
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Sincerity (10)       4,123   F.P.   2000  Nov-05 Time Charter    Jul-09
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Spirit (11)          4,112   F.P.   2001  Dec-05 Time Charter    Jun-10
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Zael (12)            4,111   F.P.   2001  Dec-05 Time Charter    Mar-09
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Courchevel           4,109   S.R.   1991  Nov-04         Spot         -
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Prophet (13)         3,556   F.P.   1996  Oct-04     Bareboat    Sep-09
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Shanghai (14)        3,526   F.P.   1999  Dec-04 Time Charter    Sep-09
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Sea Bird II              3,518   F.P.   1996  May-07     Bareboat    May-09
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Evoluzione           3,517   F.P.   1996  Jul-07 Time Charter    Aug-08
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Czar (15)            3,510   F.P.   1995  Feb-06 Time Charter    Dec-08
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Sophie               3,500   F.P.   1995  Oct-07 Time Charter    Oct-08
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Legacy (16)          3,500   F.P.   1998  Oct-05 Time Charter    Apr-10
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Fortune (17)         3,500   F.P.   1995  Feb-06 Time Charter    Dec-08
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Eternity (18)        3,500   F.P.   1998  Mar-06     Bareboat    Apr-10
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Sikousis (19)        3,500   F.P.   2006  Aug-07 Time Charter    May-09
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Artic                3,434   S.R.   1992  Apr-05     Bareboat    Apr-09
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Ice (20)             3,434   S.R.   1991  Apr-05     Bareboat    Apr-11
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Renovatio (21) (25)  3,313   F.P.   1997  May-07 Time Charter    Jan-09
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Chiltern                 3,312   F.P.   1997  Jun-07     Bareboat    Mar-08
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Batangas                 3,244   F.P.   1995  Jun-06     Bareboat    Jul-08
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Crystal              3,211   S.R.   1990  Nov-05 Time Charter    Jul-08
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Oracle (24)          3,014   F.P.   1990  Dec-05 Time Charter    Dec-07
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Prodigy (22)         3,014   F.P.   1995  Oct-05 Time Charter    Dec-08
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Gas Tiny                 1,320   S.R.   1991  Oct-04 Time Charter    Oct-09
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
FLEET TOTAL:
38 VESSELS             164,429
                       cbm
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Additional Vessels
 (with expected
 delivery date)
Gas Premiership (23)     7,200   F.P.   2001  Feb-08 Time Charter    Feb-12
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
TOTAL LPG CARRIERS
 FLEET:                171,629
 39 VESSELS            cbm
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------


Product Tanker Fleet

                       Vessel               Delivered             Charter
                        Size  Vessel  Year     To     Employment Expiration
Vessel                  (cbm)  Type   Built   GASS     Status        (1)
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------

TBN                     47,000   MR      2008  Feb-08     Bareboat   Feb-15
                               Product
                               Tanker
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
TBN                     47,000   MR     2008  Apr-08     Bareboat    Apr-15
                               Product
                               Tanker
TOTAL MR PRODUCT
 TANKER FLEET: 2
 VESSELS                94,000
                          dwt
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------
Grand Total: 41 Vessels
                      -------- ------ ------ ------- ------------ ---------

               * F.P.: Fully-Pressurized
               * S.R.: Semi-Refrigerated
               * M.R.: Medium Range


(1) Earliest date charters could expire. Most charters include options to shorten or extend their term.

(2) Gas Chios is currently employed under a time charter expiring in March 2008, which has been extended until March 2010.

(3) Gas Nemesis is currently employed under a time charter until May 2008. Thereafter, she will be employed under a new time charter until May 2009.

(4) Lyne is employed under a bareboat charter until May 2009. Thereafter, at the charterer's option, the bareboat charter can be extended for an additional year.

(5) Gas Emperor is currently employed under a time charter until June 2008, Thereafter she will be employed under a new 4 year time charter to a major international gas operator until June 2012.

(6) Catterick is currently employed under a time charter with an initial term expiring in January 2008, which has been extended to January 2009.

(7) Sir Ivor is employed under a bareboat charter until May 2009. Thereafter, at the charter's option, the bareboat charter can be extended for an additional year.

(8) Gas Icon is currently employed under a time charter with an initial term expiring in July 2008, which has been extended for two years until July 2010.

(9) Gas Kalogeros is currently employed under a time charter until May 2008, which has been extended to April 2010.

(10) Gas Sincerity is currently employed under a time charter until July 2008, which has been extended to July 2009.

(11) Gas Spirit is currently employed under a time charter until June 2008, which has been extended to June 2010.

(12) Gas Zael is currently employed under a time charter until March 2008, which has been extended to March 2009.

(13) Gas Prophet has for the three year duration of bareboat charter been renamed the M.T. Ming Long.

(14) Gas Shanghai is currently employed under a time charter until September 2008, which has been extended until September 2009.

(15) Gas Czar is currently employed under a time charter until December 2007. Thereafter, she will be employed under a new time charter until December 2008.

(16) Gas Legacy is currently employed under a time charter until April 2008, which has been extended for two years until April 2010.

(17) Gas Fortune is currently employed under a time charter expiring in December 2007, which has been extended until December 2008.

(18) Gas Eternity has for the duration of bareboat charter been renamed the M.T. Yu Tian 9.

(19) Gas Sikousis is currently employed under a time charter until May 2009. Thereafter, at the charterer' option, the time charter can be extended for two one-year periods, the first one to be negotiated in May 2009.

(20) Gas Ice is currently employed under a bareboat charter until April 2008. Thereafter, she will be employed under a new three year bareboat charter, until April 2011.

(21) Gas Renovatio is currently employed under a time charter until January 2008, which has been extended for twelve months until January 2009.

(22) Gas Prodigy is currently employed under a time charter expiring in December 2007, which has been extended until December 2008.

(23) Gas Premiership will commence a four year charter upon expected delivery in February 2008 expiring in February 2012.

(24) Gas Oracle is contracted to be sold for delivery during January, 2008.

(25) Gas Renovatio is contracted to be sold for delivery with her current charter attached during January, 2008.

(26) Gas Nemesis is contracted to be sold for delivery with her current charter attached during January, 2008.

About STEALTHGAS INC.

Headquartered in Athens, Greece, STEALTHGAS INC. is a ship-owning company serving primarily the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sector of the international shipping industry. STEALTHGAS INC. currently has a fleet of 38 LPG carriers with a total capacity of 164,429 cubic meters (cbm). In addition, the company has also entered into agreements to acquire one second-hand LPG carrier with expected delivery in February 2008, two new M.R. type product tankers for delivery in February and April 2008 respectively and sell three LPG carriers in January 2008. Once the acquisition and sale of vessels are complete, STEALTHGAS INC.'s fleet will be composed of 36 LPG carriers with a total capacity of 160,286 cubic meters (cbm) and 2 MR Product Tankers with a total capacity of 94,000 deadweight tones (dwt). STEALTHGAS Inc.'s shares are listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market and trade under the symbol "GASS."

Forward-Looking Statement

Matters discussed in this release may constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and financial performance and may include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of historical facts. The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, management's examination of historical operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third parties. Although STEALTHGAS INC. believes that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond our control, STEALTHGAS INC. cannot assure you that it will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or projections. Important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions, including changes in charterhire rates and vessel values, changes in demand that may affect attitudes of time charterers to scheduled and unscheduled drydocking, changes in STEALTHGAS INC.'s operating expenses, including bunker prices, dry-docking and insurance costs, or actions taken by regulatory authorities, potential liability from pending or future litigation, domestic and international political conditions, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents and political events or acts by terrorists.

Risks and uncertainties are further described in reports filed by STEALTHGAS INC. with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Contact Information: Company Contact: Andrew J. Simmons Chief Financial Officer STEALTHGAS INC. 011-30-210-6250-001 E-mail: simmons@stealthgas.com Investor Relations/Media: Nicolas Bornozis Capital Link, Inc. (New York) Tel. 212-661-7566 E-mail: nbornozis@capitallink.com

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