Total Voting Rights

Sterling Energy PLC
09 May 2008


                      Sterling Energy Plc (the 'Company')

                               Total Voting Rights

The Company announces that, as of 9 May 2008, the details of its issued share 
capital and voting rights are as follows:

Class of share   Total number    Number     Total number    Number of    Total number 
                 of shares       of voting  of voting       shares held  of shares in
                 in circulation  rights     rights for      in treasury  issue for
                                 attached   each class      (carrying    each class
                                 to each                    no voting 
                                 share                      rights 
                                                            attached 
                                                            until 
                                                            issued)

Ordinary         1,648,910,585   1          1,648,910,585   0            1,648,910,585
Shares of
1p each


9 May 2008





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