RNS Number:7774O
Northern Petroleum PLC
18 August 2003


For Immediate Release: 18 August 2003


                             Northern Petroleum Plc
                                ("the Company")

                          Notification of Shareholding


The Board of Northern Petroleum Plc has been informed that Sunningdale Oils
(Ireland) Limited ("Sunningdale") has sold 1,250,000 ordinary shares of 1p each
(representing 0.78% of the ordinary share capital) in the Company. Sunningdale
no longer has a notifiable interest in the ordinary share capital of the
Company.


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For further details please contact:

Derek Musgrove, Managing Director
020 7743 6080

Chris Roberts
Hansard Communications
020 7245 1100


Further information on Northern Petroleum Plc is available via our website
www.northpet.com


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