Board Change

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ld
21 January 2008




                        GULF KEYSTONE PETROLEUM LIMITED
                       ("Gulf Keystone" or "the Company")

                                  Board Change


Gulf Keystone Petroleum (AIM: GKP), an independent oil & gas exploration company
operating in Algeria and the Kurdish Region of Iraq, today announces the
appointment of Mr. Jeremy Asher as non-executive director of the Company with
immediate effect.

Mr Asher (age 49) graduated from the London School of Economics & Political
Science in 1979 and was awarded an MBA with high distinction from the Harvard
University Graduate School of Business Administration in 1981.

Mr. Asher has had a career embracing both consulting to and running a variety of
enterprises, mainly in the energy sector. Following several years consulting
with what is now Oliver Wyman, he became co-head of the global oil products
trading business at what is now Glencore AG, and left in 1989 to acquire and
develop the Beta oil refinery at Wilhelmshaven in Germany which is now owned by
ConocoPhillips. Between 1998 and 2001, as CEO of PA Consulting Group, he oversaw
PA's globalization and growth from 2,500 to 4,000 staff, and negotiated and
managed the integration of PA's acquisition of Hagler Bailly, Inc as well as
helping to set up a number of PA's technology ventures. Since then, he has
originated or participated in financing a variety of investments in the energy
sector, directly and more recently through his investment company Agile Energy
Ltd, including Tower Resources PLC where Agile is a substantial shareholder and
Mr. Asher serves as a non-executive director.

Mr. Asher is also a member of the investment advisory group at Imperial
Innovations Ltd, the technology ventures company controlled by Imperial College,
and a member of th UK Regional Advisory Board of the London Business School.

Mr. Todd Kozel, Executive Chairman, Gulf Keystone, commented,

"I am delighted that Jeremy Asher is joining Gulf Keystone. He has considerable
business management experience which will be of immense value as Gulf Keystone
implements its growth strategy."

Save for the declerations below there are no updated disclosures to be made in
respect of the appointment of Mr. Asher under rule 17 and under Schedule 2
paragraph (g) of the AIM rules.




Current Directorships
Company                                                     Date of Appointment
Agile Energy Ltd                                            March 2005
Tower Resources PLC                                         February 2007
European Housing Finance Ltd                                February 2007
Process Systems Enterprise Ltd                              November 2003



Past Directorships (last ten years)
Company                                                     Date of Resignation
PA Consulting Group (holding co. and subsidiaries)          October 2001
Skyvision Holdings Ltd and subsidiaries                     June 2006





Enquiries

Gulf Keystone Petroleum:                                    [phone]
Todd Kozel, Executive Chairman

Hoare Govett Limited:                                       [phone]
Andrew Foster

Tristone:                                                   [phone]
Simon Ashby-Rudd

Citigate Dewe Rogerson:                                     [phone]
Media: Martin Jackson
Analysts: Kate Delahunty

or visit: www.gulfkeystone.com




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