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Kea Petroleum plc

("Kea" or "the Company")

Ian Gowrie-Smith Chairman, to present at Proactive Investors, One2One Investor Forum on Wednesday 12 December

Kea Petroleum plc (LSE: KEA) an oil and gas company operating in New Zealand announces that Ian Gowrie-Smith, Chairman, will present at Proactive Investors One2One Forum on Wednesday 12 December.

The event starts at 6pm. The presentations finish at 8pm and are followed by canapés and wine.

The event will be held at the Chesterfield Mayfair Hotel, 35 Charles Street, Mayfair, W1J 5EB in the Charles Suite (on the first floor). The event is open to private investors, private client brokers, fund managers, financial institutions, hedge funds, buy & sell side analysts and journalists.

The Kea presentation will be uploaded onto its website immediately following the event.

For further information go to: http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/register/event_details/162

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Notes to Editors:

Kea Petroleum is an AIM listed oil and gas exploration company with interests in four petroleum exploration permits in the Taranaki Basin of New Zealand. Kea listed on the London AIM market in February 2010.