Drawdown on Equity Line

XTRACT ENERGY PLC

("Xtract" or the "Company")

Drawdown on Equity Line

Xtract Energy announces that it has drawn down £300,000 (before expenses) on its Standby Equity Distribution Agreement ("SEDA") with YA Global Master SPV Ltd ("Yorkville"). This draw down has been undertaken at a price of 1.7p per share and will result in the issue of 17,647,059 ordinary shares of 0.1p each in the Company (the "SEDA Ordinary Shares") to Yorkville. This funding will be used as future working capital for the Company.

Application will be made for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to AIM and dealings are expected to commence on 7 November 2011. The New Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the Company's existing issued ordinary shares.

Peter Moir, Chief Executive Officer, commented:

"This draw down has been made at a 36 per cent. premium to the placing price of early September. It is encouraging that investors realise the potential future growth in the Company."

For the purposes of the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company notifies the market that, following the issue of the 17,647,059 Ordinary Shares the total Ordinary Shares in the Company in issue will be 1,532,857,428. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in Treasury.

The above figure of 1,532,857,428 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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About Xtract

Xtract identifies and invests in a portfolio of early stage oil and gas assets and business interests with significant growth potential. The Company aims to work closely with the associated management teams to achieve critical project milestones, to finance early stage asset and business development activity, and then to finance the asset development phase, or if appropriate to crystallise value for all shareholders at a suitable exit point. Xtract aims to achieve returns for our shareholders through access to the significant upside rewards associated with our investments.

For further information on Xtract please visit www.xtractenergy.co.uk

A short description of the principal assets of Xtract is set out below. These assets are either held directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company.

Extrem Energy AS ("Extrem Energy")

Following execution of heads of terms, Xtract has entered into a fully termed Assignment Agreement and associated Royalty Agreement in which Xtract holds a royalty interest over the license portfolio owned by Extrem Energy, onshore and offshore Turkey.

Elko Energy Inc. ("Elko")

Elko is a Canadian registered oil & gas exploration company which has interests in exploration and production licences in the Danish and Dutch North Sea. Its major asset in the Danish North Sea is a 33% working interest in an exploration and production licence 02/05 and a 33% working interest in an adjoining exploration and production licence 01/11, close to the prolific Central Graben oil kitchen. Technical work indicates the potential for significant resources on these combined licenses. Neither of those licences is currently being produced and accordingly no profits are attributable to them. Elko also holds a royalty interest in gas-bearing license blocks P1 and P2 in the Dutch North Sea.

Zhibek Resources Ltd ("Zhibek Resources")

Zhibek Resources is an oil and gas exploration and production company which has a 72% interest in the Tash Kumyr exploration licence in the Kyrgyz Republic. Xtract has entered a farm-out agreement to fund a seismic and drilling programme for 2008-2011. Xtract owns 25.0% of the issued share capital of Zhibek Resources.

Xtract Oil Ltd ("XOL")

Xtract's wholly owned subsidiary, XOL, is focused on the development of the Company's oil shale resources in Australia and the technology for oil extraction from oil shale resources. Xtract has oil shale exploration rights over mining tenements in the Julia Creek area of Queensland. In addition to evaluating third party technologies, XOL has been developing proprietary technology for the commercial extraction of liquid hydrocarbon products from oil shale.

Xtract Energy (Oil Shale) Morocco SA ("XOSM")

XOSM is a joint venture with Alraed Limited Investment Holding Company WLL, a company controlled by His Highness, Prince Bandar Bin Mohd. Bin Abdulrahman Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia. XOSM has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines for the purposes of evaluation and possible development of an oil shale deposit near Tarfaya, in the south west part of Morocco. Xtract currently holds 70% of the joint venture.