Rule 8.3 - BURREN ENERGY

FORM 8.3

    DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
              (Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)


1.   KEY INFORMATION

Name of person dealing        BARCLAYS PLC
(Note 1)
Company dealt in              BURREN ENERGY
Class of relevant security    ORD GBP0.20
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing               29 November 2007

2.   INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE

(a)  Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant
security dealt in (Note 3)

                           Long                        Short

                     Number       (%)           Number       (%)

(1) Relevant        4,702,629   3.33%          281,053     0.20%
securities
(2) Derivatives     2,453,103   1.74%        2,310,804     1.64%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and             0   0.00%                0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total               7,155,732   5.07%        2,591,857     1.84%

(b)  Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
     than the class dealt in (Note 3)

Class of                    Long                     Short
relevant
security:

                  Number             (%)    Number            (%)

(1) Relevant
securities

(2) Derivatives
(other than
options)

(3) Options and
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total


(c)  Rights to subscribe (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:   Details



3.   DEALINGS (Note 4)

(a)  Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale Number of Securities Price per unit
                                   (GBP)
Purchase      14,049               11.3500
Purchase      500                  11.2780
Purchase      1,057                11.0552
Purchase      300                  11.4080
Purchase      172                  11.3660
Purchase      97                   11.3120
Purchase      325                  11.4560
Purchase      131                  11.3280
Purchase      1,057                11.0552
Purchase      5,726                11.4500
Purchase      648                  11.4513
Purchase      648                  11.4513
Purchase      100                  11.3260
Purchase      711                  11.2440
Purchase      27,877               11.3483
Purchase      6,899                11.3802
Sale          1,057                11.0552
Sale          1,483                11.3300
Sale          25,082               11.3078
Sale          6,158                11.3399
Sale          648                  11.4513
Sale          16,855               11.3595

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Product    Long/Short    Number of Securities  Price Per
name,      (Note 6)      (Note 7)              Unit (GBP)
e.g. CFD
CFD        Short         1057                  11.0552
CFD        Short         27877                 11.3482
CFD        Short         14049                 11.3499
CFD        Short         6899                  11.3801
CFD        Short         5726                  11.45
CFD        Short         648                   11.4512
CFD        Long          25082                 11.3077
CFD        Long          1483                  11.33
CFD        Long          6158                  11.3399
CFD        Long          16855                 11.3594

(c)  Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i)  Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name,   Writing,          Number of          Exercise  Type, e.g.      Expiry   Option money
e.g. call       selling,          securities to      price     American,       date     paid/received
option          purchasing,       which the option             European etc.            per unit (GBP)
                varying etc.      relates (GBP)

(ii) Exercising

Product name, e.g.  Number of           Exercise price per
call option         securities          unit (Note 5)




(d)  Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)


Nature of transaction Details           Price per unit
(Note 8)                                (if applicable)
                                        (Note 5)





4.   OTHER INFORMATION
None

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives


Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the
person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of
any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or
relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any
relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is
referenced.  If none, this should be stated.





Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9)                 NO


Date of disclosure                         30 November 2007
Contact name                               BARCLAYS COMPLIANCE
Telephone number                           020 7116 2913
If a connected EFM, name of
offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of
connection (Note 10)


Notes

The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk