Holding(s) in Company

Trap Oil Group plc

("Trapoil" or the "Company")

Holdings in Company

Trapoil (AIM: TRAP), the independent oil and gas exploration and appraisal company focused on the UK Continental Shelf region of the North Sea, received notification on 6 September 2011 from BlackRock UK Fund ("BlackRock") that, following the issue of new ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") in relation to the Company's acquisition of Reach Oil & Gas Limited, as announced on 4 July 2011, BlackRock remains interested in 5,600,000 Ordinary Shares but its holding as a percentage of Trapoil's total voting rights has fallen below 3 per cent.

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Enquiries:

Trap Oil Group plc Tel: 0203 170 5586

John Church, Company Secretary

Strand Hanson Limited Tel: 0207 409 3494

James Harris

James Spinney

Cardew Group Tel: 0207 930 0777

Tim Robertson

Shan Shan Willenbrock

Sophie Leigh Pemberton