Schedule 8 - 6 monthly return

Roc Oil Company Limited
28 September 2005


                                   SCHEDULE 8

                        BLOCKLISTING SIX MONTHLY RETURN



+----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
|1. Name of company                      |ROC OIL COMPANY LIMITED              |
|                                        |                                     |
+----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
|2. Name of scheme                       |EMPLOYEE SHARE OPTION PLAN           |
|                                        |                                     |
+----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
|3. Period of return:                    |From: 22.3.05 to 21.9.05             |
|                                        |                                     |
+----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
|4. Number and class of shares(s)amount  |2,048,200                            |
|of stock/debt security) not issued under|                                     |
|scheme                                  |                                     |
|                                        |                                     |
+----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
|5. Number of shares issued/allotted     |1,308,400                            |
|under scheme during period              |                                     |
|                                        |                                     |
+----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
|6. Balance under scheme not yet issued/ |739,800                              |
|allotted at end of period               |                                     |
|                                        |                                     |
+----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
|7. Number and class of share(s) (amount |2,392,400 on 21.9.04                 |
|of stock/debt securities) originally    |                                     |
|listed and the date of admission        |                                     |
+----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+


Total number of shares on issue at the end of the period: 187,505,193


Contact for queries: Sheree Ford 

Address: Level 14, 1 Market Street, Sydney NSW 2001, Australia

Telphone: [phone]





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