9 Feb 2006 17:41
Hardy Oil & Gas plc09 February 2006 For Immediate Release 9 February 2006 Hardy Oil and Gas plc ("Hardy") Commencement of Drilling Further to its announcement earlier today concerning its fund raising, Hardy ispleased to report the commencement of its drilling programme on Block GS-01. The first well of the planned two well series was spudded on Thursday 9 February2006. Block GS-01 is located approximately 200km from the west coast of India. Results are not expected until the second quarter of 2006. For further information please contact: Hardy Oil and Gas plc 020 7471 9850Sastry Karra, Chief ExecutiveYogeshwar Sharma, ManagingDirector Arden Partners Limited 020 7398 1632Richard Day Buchanan Communications 020 7466 5000Mark EdwardsBen Willey This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange