Notification of Interest

28 Jun 2005 16:11

Fortune Oil PLC28 June 2005 FORTUNE OIL PLC (the 'Company') Notification of shareholding Fortune Oil PLC has today received notification from Vitol Energy (Bermuda)Limited that following a sale of 2,700,000 shares at a price of 7.125 pence pershare on 22 June 2005, Vitol Energy (Bermuda) Limited has a material interest in162,457,748 ordinary shares of 1p each (representing 8.86% of the ordinary sharecapital) in the Company. 28 June 2005 Enquiries: ICIS LimitedArchie Berens Tel: 020 7651 8688 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange