Drilling Update

Empyrean Energy PLC
05 July 2006




                              Empyrean Energy PLC
                  ('Empyrean' or the 'Company'; Ticker: (EME))



                          Glantal Gas Project, Germany


• Completion rig arrived on site and 'rigged up'.
• Operations at Glantal-1 have commenced.
• The first of four zones being tested will be perforated following 
  wellbore conditioning operations.


AIM quoted Empyrean Energy PLC today announces that operations have commenced 
in preparation to test four initial zones for the presence of gas at the 
Glantal-1 well, the first well drilled by Empyrean and its partners in the 
Glantal Gas Project. The operator of the Glantal Gas Project, Pannonian 
International Ltd ('Pannonian'), a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S.-based Galaxy 
Energy Corporation (Amex: GAX) has advised that following the arrival and 
rigging up operations of the Koller workover rig, operations are currently 
running in hole in preparation to condition the wellbore for testing.

The first of four initial zones chosen for testing will be perforated as soon as
current operations to condition the wellbore in preparation for testing are
complete.

We will make a further announcement as operations progress.

Executive Director Tom Kelly commented 'We are pleased that operations to test
the first well drilled by Empyrean and its partners on the massive Pfalzer
Anticline are now underway. This marks an important milestone for Empyrean in
what has been a busy year.

The information contained in this announcement was completed and reviewed by the
Technical Director of Empyrean Energy Plc, Mr Frank Brophy BSc (Hons) who has
over 40 years experience as a petroleum geologist.

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