27 Jul 2005 08:28
Hardy Oil & Gas plc27 July 2005 For immediate release 27 July 2005 Hardy Oil and Gas plc ("Hardy" or the "Company") NELP V Licence Award Hardy Oil and Gas plc ("the Company") notes the recent press comment concerningthe potential award of a licence from the Indian Government under the NewExploration Licensing Policy fifth round ("NELP V"), where 20 blocks wereavailable for bidding. While the Company can confirm that it has submitted withReliance Industries Limited a bid for the licence for the KG-DWN-2003/1deepwater exploration block to the Indian Government, the Company has notreceived any official confirmation as yet of any award of this licence. Afurther announcement from the Company will be made in due course. For further information please contact: Hardy Oil and Gas PLC 020 7471 9850Sastry Karra, Chief ExecutiveYogeshwar Sharma, Managing Director Arden Partners 020 7398 1632Richard Day Buchanan Communications 020 7466 5000Bobby MorseBen Willey This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange