Director Shareholding

Roc Oil Company Limited
01 December 2004


1 December 2004

ROC OIL COMPANY LIMITED ('the Company')

DIRECTOR SHAREHOLDING

The Company was notified that on 30 November 2004, Celtic Energy Pty Ltd made an
off-market transfer of 80,000 ordinary shares of no par value of the Company to
J Doran Superannuation Fund at a price of $1.83 per share. Following this
transfer of shares, Robert John Patrick Doran, Chief Executive Officer and
Executive Director of the Company, is interested in 4,465,251 ordinary shares of
the Company held by J Doran Superannuation Fund and 236,250 ordinary shares of
the Company held by Celtic Energy Pty Ltd. Mr Doran's interest in the ordinary
shares of the Company remains unchanged.

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