Total Voting Rights

Sterling Energy PLC
13 December 2006


                              Sterling Energy Plc

                               Total Voting Rights

The Company announces that as at 13 December 2006, the details of its issued 
share capital and voting rights are as follows:

Class of     Total          Number of      Total         Number of        Total        
share        number of      Voting         number of     shares held      number of    
             shares in      Rights         voting        in treasury      shares in    
             circulation    attached to    rights for    (carrying no     issue for    
                            each share     each class    Voting           each class   
                                                         Rights                        
                                                         Attached                      
                                                         until issued) 
Ordinary 
Shares of 
1p each      1,402,950,558   1             1,402,950,558 0                1,402,950,558



13 December 2006





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