Appointment of Executive Director

20 Sep 2011 07:00

Embargoed for release: 0700 on 20 September 2011

Northern Petroleum Plc ("Northern" or the "Company") Appointment of Executive Director

Northern is pleased to announce the appointment to the Board, with immediate effect, of Maurice Le Gai Eaton, Northern's Director of Group Operations.

Maurice, aged 52, was appointed as Director of Group Operations in June 2011, having been Technical Manager - Operations of Northern since October 2009. Maurice joined Northern in 2007. He has over 30 years experience as a Petroleum Engineer and Economist and holds a Masters in Petroleum Engineering from Imperial College. Starting his career as a Consultant with ERC, he subsequently gained substantial international experience with Enterprise Oil, Amerada Hess and Svenska Petroleum. Maurice has held various managerial roles during his career and in the latter companies these roles were highly commercial with involvement in new ventures activity and negotiations with government authorities.

Richard Latham, Chairman of Northern, commented:

"I am pleased to welcome Maurice to the Board of the Company. This marks the first appointment for some time that we have made to the Board from within the ranks of our existing talented staff, which gives me great pleasure as well as underlining the quality of the professional management team we have at Northern. Maurice has worked hard during his employment with us and thoroughly deserves his promotion on to the Board."

Maurice Le Gai Eaton:

The following information is disclosed pursuant to Schedule 2 (g) of the AIM Rules:

Current Directorships:

Harpur Accountancy Recruitment Limited

Northern Petroleum Nederland B.V.

Past Directorships:

None

There is no other information to disclose in accordance with Schedule 2 (g) of the AIM Rules.

Current shareholding in Northern:

48,091 shares62,500 warrants - Ends -

For further information please contact:

Northern Petroleum Plc Tel: +44 (0) 20 7469 2900 Chris Foss, Director of Finance, Legal & Corporate Affairs Cenkos Securities (NOMAD and Joint Broker) Jon Fitzpatrick Tel: +44 (0) 20 7397 8900 Ken Fleming / Beth McKiernan Tel: +44 (0) 131 220 6939 Jefferies International (Joint Broker) Tel: +44 (0) 20 7029 8000 Chris Snoxall / Marco Baruzzi Financial Dynamics Tel: +44 (0) 20 7831 3113 Billy Clegg / Edward Westropp Bishopsgate Communications Tel: +44 (0) 20 7562 3350 Nick Rome / Shabnam Bashir Notes to Editors:

Comprehensive information on Northern and its oil and gas operations, including all press releases, annual reports and interim reports are available from Northern's website at www.northpet.com.