Total Voting Rights

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ld
21 December 2006

                         GULF KEYSTONE PETROLEUM LIMITED

                      ("Gulf Keystone" or the "Company")

                     Total Voting Rights and Share Capital

For the purposes of the transitional provisions of the Financial Services
Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, Gulf Keystone hereby provides
notification of the following information:

The Company's issued share capital consists of 275,480,140 ordinary shares of
USD0.01 with each share carrying the right to one vote.

There are no shares held in treasury.

The total number of voting rights in the Company is therefore 275,480,140.

The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the
calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their
interest in, or a change to their interest in, Gulf Keystone, under the
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.


                                                                21 December 2006




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