Parkmead Regulatory News (PMG)

27th February 2012

The Parkmead Group plc

("Parkmead", "the Company" or "the Group")

Parkmead Completes Acquisition of Stakes in the Pharos Gas Prospect and Four UKCS Gas Basin Blocks

The Parkmead Group plc is pleased to report that it has completed the acquisition of four stakes of 20% interest each in Blocks 47/4d, 47/5d, 47/10c and 48/6c in the UK Southern North Sea from Sorgenia E&P (UK) Ltd. These four blocks contain the 47/10-8 gas discovery as well as the large Pharos gas prospect and several significant additional exploration targets.

This acquisition follows Parkmead's recent deal which saw it enter the Platypus gas field and the Possum gas prospect, both nearby in the Southern Gas Basin. It further highlights Parkmead's strategy of investing in North Sea fields and blocks where the Group's technical and commercial teams have an extensive working knowledge of the assets.

The four blocks now being acquired are located in a prolific part of the Southern North Sea, between the producing Amethyst, Ravenspurn, West Sole and Hyde Fields. Importantly, these licence areas are adjacent to Blocks 48/1a, 47/5b and 48/1c recently acquired by Parkmead and holding the Platypus field and the Possum prospect. Both Platypus and Possum are structural traps containing a Rotliegendes age reservoir, which is the dominant gas producing horizon in the Southern North Sea. The Pharos prospect is also a structural trap with the same Rotliegendes reservoir. The historical drilling success rate within this play has been very good. A discovery at Pharos could be jointly developed with the Platypus field, which is only some 14km to the north east of Pharos, and this would significantly increase the economic value of all three accumulations at Platypus, Possum and Pharos.

The operator, Dana Petroleum, holds a 50% stake and the joint venture group plans to drill the Pharos well in 2H 2012 or 1H 2013. The Pharos prospect is a large closure with a vertical relief of up to 600 ft, and an areal extent of up to 6,000 acres. The planned Pharos exploration well will be drilled in Block 47/5d, towards the boundary with 47/4d, on the north western end of the Pharos Structure. This structure has the potential to contain up to 500 billion cubic feet of gas in place.

Tom Cross, Executive Chairman of Parkmead, commented:

"We are pleased to have secured stakes in these attractive licence areas, which are in close proximity to our interests in the Platypus gas field and the Possum prospect. These four blocks contain a number of targets, including the large Pharos prospect which we expect to drill later in 2012 or early in 2013, following the next well at Platypus which is due to start drilling within the next few weeks."

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Notes to Editors:

1. Parkmead is an independent oil and gas company that is listed on AIM on the London Stock Exchange (symbol: PMG). Parkmead's primary focus is in the upstream oil and gas exploration and production sector, targeting transactions at both asset and corporate levels.

2. In November 2011, Parkmead completed the acquisition of stakes in UK Blocks 48/1a, 47/5b and 48/1c containing the Platypus gas field, discovered in 2010, and the Possum gas prospect. The next well at Platypus is expected to start drilling in March 2012, and mapping indicates the potential for Platypus to contain up to 180 billion cubic feet of gas in place.

3. In December 2011, Parkmead announced that it had signed an agreement to acquire stakes in blocks 47/4d, 47/5d, 47/10c and 48/6c in the UK Southern North Sea, which contain the large Pharos gas prospect. This structure has the potential to hold up to 500 billion cubic feet of gas in place. These two acquisitions have marked important steps in Parkmead's first stage of its development as a new independent energy company.

4. Parkmead's capabilities have been significantly enhanced through the acquisition and integration of Aupec Limited ("Aupec"). As a result, going forward the Group plans to actively pursue investment and advisory opportunities throughout the North Sea, and internationally, using the combined capabilities of the enlarged Parkmead Group.

5. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Aupec, the Parkmead Group provides petroleum economics, benchmarking and valuation expertise to a wide range of government bodies and international oil and gas companies. Aupec has to date worked with over 100 governments, national oil companies, majors and independents, across the world, as well as a number of multi-national agencies such as the European Commission and the World Bank. Aupec is currently undertaking an important benchmarking project for a group of the world's largest super-major oil companies.

For further information please refer to Parkmead's website at www.parkmeadgroup.com and Aupec's website at www.aupec.com

6. The Co-Venturers in the licences currently being acquired by Parkmead, and their respective interests, are as follows:

For Blocks 47/4d and 47/5d:

For Blocks 47/10c and 48/6c:

7. The Pharos gas prospect is situated approximately 14km to the south west of the Platypus gas field and the Possum gas prospect, stakes in both of these were acquired by Parkmead in November 2011.