Transaction in Own Shares

Westmount Energy Limited
18 January 2008


18 January 2008


CONTACTS:

Westmount Energy Limited                      Tel: [phone]
Paul Anderson, Director
Ruegg & Co Limited                            Tel: [phone]
Gavin Burnell
Brett Miller




                                 PRESS RELEASE


                           WESTMOUNT ENERGY LIMITED



Westmount Energy Limited (the 'Company') announces that the Company yesterday
purchased for cancellation 55,000 of its ordinary shares of 20p each at a price
of 79.5p per share.


Further to the FSA's Disclosure & Transparency Rules, the Company advises that
its issued share capital now comprises 7,124,500 ordinary shares of 20p each.
The voting rights of all of these shares are identical.


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, the Company under the FSA's
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.



Note for Editors:


Westmount Energy Limited is a Jersey based AIM quoted Energy Investment Company.
Its present investments include 30,000,000 shares of AIM quoted Sterling Energy
plc, 5,500,000 shares of AIM quoted Desire Petroleum plc and 244,000 shares of
presently unquoted Eclipse Energy UK plc. The Company has no borrowings.



















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