Press Releases

London, 28 October 2010 - Afren plc (“Afren” or the “Company”), issues the following Interim Management Statement, in respect of the period 1 July 2010 to 28 October 2010, in accordance with the reporting requirements of the EU Transparency Directive.  Information contained within this release is un-audited and is subject to further review.

London, 22 October 2010 – The Chairman of Afren plc today presented the keynote address at the Centre for Petroleum Information annual lunch held in Lagos, Nigeria.

London, 21 October 2010 – First Hydrocarbon Nigeria (“FHN”), the indigenous Nigerian upstream oil and gas company in which Afren plc ("Afren" or the “Company”) holds a 45% interest, has today announced the reaching of  Definitive Agreements with Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd ("SPDC"), Total E&P Nigeria Ltd (“Total”) and Nigeria Agip Oil Company (“NAOC”) (together called the “Assignors”), for the acquisition of  OML 26, Delta State onshore Nigeria.

London, 20 October 2010 – Afren plc (Afren) and its partner Oriental Energy Resources (Oriental), announce the Naming and Sail Away Ceremony for the Ebok Mobile Offshore Production Unit (MOPU) at the Gulf Copper Yard in Galveston, Texas.

Afren plc ("Afren" or the "Company") announces that the Scheme of Arrangement relating to the Acquisition of Black Marlin Energy Holdings Limited (“Black Marlin”) by Afren plc (the “Acquisition”) received BVI court approval on 6th October 2010 and that the Acquisition completed on the 7 October 2010.