Rig Update

RNS Number : 1766D

Rockhopper Exploration plc

27 November 2009

 



Press Release

For Immediate Release: 27 November 2009 

Rockhopper Exploration ("Rockhopper" or the "Company")

Rig Update

Rockhopper Exploration plc (AIM: RKH), the North Falkland Basin oil and gas exploration company, is pleased to announce that the Ocean Guardian drilling rig departed from the Cromarty Firth in Scotland at 2.00pm on Thursday 26 November en route to Falkland Island waters. 

The journey is anticipated to take around two months with the rig expected to arrive in the Falklands ready to commence drilling around early February 2010. 

For further information, please contact:

Rockhopper Exploration plc	www.rockhopperexploration.co.uk
Sam Moody - Managing Director	01722 414 419
Aquila Financial Ltd	www.aquila-financial.com
Peter Reilly	0118 979 4100
Canaccord Adams
Jeffrey Auld/Elijah Colby	020 050 6770
Henry Fitzgerald O'Connor

Notes to editors

www.rockhopperexploration.co.uk 

The Rockhopper Group started trading in February 2004 to invest in and carry out an offshore oil exploration programme to the north of the Falkland Islands. The Group, floated on AIM in August 2005, is currently the largest licence holder in the North Falkland Basin and has a 100 per cent. interest in four offshore production licences which cover approximately 3,800 sq. km. These licences have been granted by the Falkland Islands government.

 

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