Director's Share Dealing and Increase in Shareh...

Immediate Release 15th December 2008


                       GULFSANDS PETROLEUM PLC

        Director's Share Dealing and Increase in Shareholding

London 15th December 2008:  Gulfsands Petroleum plc ("Gulfsands", the
"Group" or the  "Company" - AIM:  GPX), the oil  and gas  production,
exploration and development  company with activities  in Syria,  Iraq
and the U.S.A.,  is pleased to  announce that it  was notified on  12
December 2008 that Andrew Rose,  Chief Financial Officer purchased  a
total of 90,000 Gulfsands shares  between 9th and 12th December  2008
at prices between 124.89 pence per  share and 132.90 pence per  share
(average price  128.90  pence  per share)  and  is  now  beneficially
interested in 300,000 Gulfsands shares.

For more information please contact:

Gulfsands Petroleum (London)                     [phone]
Kenneth Judge, Director of Corporate Development [phone]

Buchanan Communications Limited (London)         [phone]
Bobby Morse
Sam Bottrill

RBC Capital Markets (London)                     [phone]
Andrew K. Smith
Sarah Wharry

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