Board Committee Membership

Ophir Energy plc

Board Committee Membership

London 7 June 2013: In accordance with Rule 9.6.11(3) of the Listing Rules, the Board of Directors of Ophir Energy plc ("the Company") announce that the following changes have been made to the membership of its Board committees, with effect from 6 June 2013:

Audit Committee: Mr Bill Schrader has been appointed to the Audit Committee in place of Mr Dennis McShane who previously left the Audit Committee on becoming an executive director of the Company

Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Committee: Mr Bill Schrader has been appointed to the HSE Committee in place of Jon Taylor who retired from the Committee following his retirement from the Board at the Company's 2013 AGM

Nominations Committee: Dr Nick Cooper has been appointed to the Nominations Committee as an additional member

In addition, the Board has established a new Technical Advisory Committee. Mr Alan Booth has been appointed chairman of the Technical Committee and its initial members will be Dr Nick Cooper, Mr Bill Schrader and Mr John Lander. The terms of reference of the Technical Advisory Committee will be made available on the Company's website in due course.

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For Further Enquiries please contact:

Ophir Energy plc +44 (0)20 7290 5800

Nick Cooper, CEO

Jacqueline Knox, Company Secretary

Brunswick Group +44 (0)20 7404 5959

Patrick Handley

Elizabeth Adams

Notes to Editors

Ophir Energy (OPHR.LN) is an African focussed, upstream oil and gas resource company which is a member of the FTSE 250. The Group's headquarters are located in London (England), with operational offices in Perth (Australia), Malabo (Equatorial Guinea), Dar es Salaam and Mtwara (Tanzania), Port Gentil, (Gabon) and Nairobi (Kenya).

Ophir is a material, strategic deep-water offshore acreage holder in West and East Africa.

For further information on Ophir, please refer to www.ophir-energy.com