US$45 Million Credit Facility

Soco International PLC
16 August 2005



                             SOCO International plc
                           ('SOCO' or 'the Company')


                 Provision by International Finance Corporation
               of the World Bank of US$45 Million Credit Facility


SOCO is an international oil and gas exploration and production company,
headquartered in London traded on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of
the FTSE 250 Index. The Company has continuing interests in Vietnam, Yemen,
Libya and Thailand with ongoing production operations in Yemen. SOCO's
transaction to dispose of its Mongolian operations is pending completion after
gaining approval from its shareholders at an EGM on 10 May 2005.


The Company today announces that the International Finance Corporation ('IFC'),
the private sector arm of the World Bank Group has agreed to provide Soco with a
US$45m reserve-based, revolving credit facility.


Commenting on this, Ed Story, Chief Executive Officer, said:

'We are pleased to have instituted this credit facility with the IFC.  It gives
us increased financial flexibility as we progress several of our projects and it
also gives us a strong ally in the countries in which we have current operations
as well as those countries in which we may initiate projects in the future.'


                                                                  16 August 2005


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