Director/PDMR Shareholding

Sterling Energy PLC
19 December 2006




                      Sterling Energy PLC (the 'Company')

                            Directors'/PDMR Dealing


The Company has been notified that as a result of Mr G P Thomson's daughter
reaching the age of 18, he is no longer interested in 604,048 ordinary shares of
1p each ('Ordinary Shares') in the Company. He is therefore now interested in
15,445,510 Ordinary Shares in the Company, representing approximately 1.1% of
the Company's issued share capital.


19 December 2006



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