Investment Update

Xtract Energy plc
20 December 2007


20 December 2007                                                       AIM: XTR

                               XTRACT ENERGY PLC
                          ('Xtract' or the 'Company')

                       PROJECT UPDATE - MEO Australia Ltd

Xtract is pleased to refer shareholders to the following press release
information announced in Australia by MEO Australia Ltd ('MEO') today.

Xtract currently holds approximately 15.7% of the issued capital of MEO.


                             'ASX AND MEDIA RELEASE

                  HERON-2 WELL WEEKLY DRILLING REPORT - No 10

Key Points:

• Current depth: 4016m

• Drilling 6 inch hole to TD

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (December 20, 2007) -- MEO Australia Limited (ASX: MEO)
submits this drilling report for the period ending 1200 hours, December 20,
2007. The Heron- 2 well was spudded at 2230 hours (ACST) on October 12, 2007 in
Exploration Permit, NT/P68.

The rig completed logging from 3983m to the 9 5/8 inch casing shoe and set a 7 
inch liner to isolate the over-pressured Flamingo Formation. Heron-2 well has 
drilled to a depth of 4016m and is in the upper Plover target reservoir. The 
prognosed total depth of Heron-2 is 4300m, which is just below the mapped 
structural spill point at 4260m. 4260m is also the depth of the flat event 
noted on the 3D seismic data, and interpreted as a possible gas-water-contact.

The participants in the well are:

TSP Arafura Petroleum Pty Ltd (MEO subsidiary)                              45%

Oz-Exoil Pty Ltd (MEO subsidiary)                                           45%

Petrofac Energy Developments Oceania Ltd (Petrofac Limited subsidiary)      10%

Heron-2 is being drilled by Seadrill's West Atlas jack-up rig contracted to MEO
for two firm wells and one option well. The Heron-2 well is designed as a
vertical well to penetrate and production test the Epenarra Darwin Formation and
the deeper Elang/Plover Formation of the Heron North structure.

The Heron-1 well drilled by ARCO in 1972 intersected a 52m gas bearing column in
the Darwin Formation (a fractured carbonate reservoir) within the 1,200 square
km mapped closure of the large Epenarra structure. Heron-1 also reached a gas
charged zone in the deeper underlying Elang/Plover horizon, which is a secondary
objective for the Heron-2 well.'

Further information on MEO can be found at www.meoaustralia.com.au. As an ASX
listed company, MEO is not subject to the AIM Rules and this drilling update has
not been reviewed by a named 'qualified person' as defined and required by the
AIM Guidance Note for Mining, Oil and Gas Companies.

Enquiries please contact:

Xtract Energy plc             Andy Morrison, CEO    [phone]

Smith & Williamson Corporate  David Jones           [phone]
Finance Limited               Azhic Basirov

Scott Harris                  Stephen Scott         [phone]
                              Annabel Michie

For further Information on Xtract please visit www.xtractenergy.co.uk

About Xtract Energy Plc

Xtract identifies and invests in a diversified portfolio of early stage energy
sector technologies and businesses with very significant growth potential. We
aim to work closely with the associated management teams to achieve critical
project milestones, to finance later development stages and to build and
crystallise value for all shareholders and partners.

Xtract is supported by its cornerstone investor, Cambrian Mining Plc (AIM:CBM) a
diversified resource investment house which holds approximately 50.3% of
Xtract's issued share capital.

A short description of the principal assets of Xtract is set out below. These
assets are either held directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries of the
Company.

MEO Australia

MEO is focused on developing gas-to-liquids ('GTL') projects in the Timor Sea
Australia, in an area of shallow water known as Tassie Shoal. It has secured
Commonwealth Government environmental approvals for two large scale (1.8 Mtpa)
methanol plants (50 per cent. interest) and a 3 Mtpa LNG plant (100 per cent.
interest) which are adjacent to the Evans Shoal gas field.

Elko Energy

Elko is an oil & gas exploration company which has an interest in a 5,370km2
exploration and production licence in the Danish North Sea and an investment in
Dragon Energy Inc, a private Canadian company, with a development project in
Gansu Province, China.

Wasabi Energy

Wasabi is a diversified investor in renewable energy and low greenhouse emission
technologies, with interests in geothermal waste/heat, uranium exploration in
Australia's Northern Territory and biodiesel investments in Victoria.

Central Asian Interests

Xtract's Central Asian interests include a production sharing agreement with
Kyrgyzneftegaz to instigate a water injection project on the Beshkent- Togap oil
field. Xtract also holds interests in several exploration licences in the Tash
Kumyr area and in the Toktogul exploration licence.

Oil Shale

Xtract has oil shale and related petroleum product exploration rights over
mining tenements in the Julia Creek area of Queensland and has recently been
granted an exploration permit which gives rights to explore for oil shale in an
area in the South of New Zealand. It is investigating the commercial production
of hydrocarbons (crude oil) from oil shale.

Xtract is also available for trading on the open market segment of the Frankfurt
Stock Exchange (ticker R9X.FSE).



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