Director/PDMR Shareholding

20 Oct 2005 06:00

Embargoed: 0700hrs 20 October 2005 Circle Oil Plc ("Circle Oil" or the "Company") Director Shareholding The Company was notified on 19 October 2005 that Grosvenor InternationalFinance Limited, a company controlled by Circle Oil Executive Director JohnMcKeon, had on the same day purchased an additional 100,000 Ordinary Shares inCircle Oil at a price of 28 pence per share.Mr McKeon now holds a total of 13,750,000 Ordinary Shares through his combinedinvestment interests equating to approximately 8.58% of the issued sharecapital of the Company. -Ends- For further information please contactBen SimonsHansard CommunicationsTel. 020 7245 1100ENDCIRCLE OIL PLC