Appointment of Joint Broker

Soco International PLC
07 August 2006

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

                     Appointment of Joint Corporate Broker

SOCO International plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Merrill Lynch
International as its joint Corporate Broker with immediate effect.   Merrill
Lynch International joins Bridgewell Limited as the Company's joint brokers.


ENQUIRIES:

SOCO International plc
Roger Cagle, Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer
Tel: [phone]

Pelham Public Relations
James Henderson
Alisdair Haythornthwaite
Tel: [phone]


NOTES TO EDITORS

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 interests in Vietnam, Yemen, Thailand, the
Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)
with production operations in Yemen.


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