Weekly Drilling Report

7 Sep 2005 08:11

Immediate release: Wednesday 7th September 2004 Northern Petroleum Plc Weekly Drilling Report Sandhills-2 - Isle of Wight By 0700 hrs today the Sandhills-2Z sidetrack in PEDL 098 on the Isle of Wighthad been drilled to a measured depth of 4778 feet and is currently conductingcoring operations.Licence: PEDL 098Location: Wessex Basin, Isle of WightRig: BDF Rig 28Participants in the Sandhills-2 well are:Northern Petroleum (GB) Limited: 57.5%Magellan Petroleum (NT) Pty Limited: 22.5%Oil Quest Resources Plc: 7.5%Black Rock Resources (UK) Limited : 5.0%Montrose Industries Limited: 5.0%Oil & Gas Investments Limited: 2.5%For further information please contactNorthern Petroleum PlcDerek MusgroveTel: 020 7743 6080orHansard CommunicationsBen SimonsTel: 020 7245 1100ENDNORTHERN PETROLEUM PLC