Purchase of Shares by a Director

1 June 2010

FORTUNE OIL PLC

("Fortune Oil" or the "Company")

PURCHASE OF SHARES BY A DIRECTOR

Fortune Oil has today been notified that Ms Li Ching, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, had on 28 May 2010 purchased 20,000 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Shares") at a price of 6.5 pence per share and today purchased 50,000 Shares at a price of 6.5 pence per share.

Following these purchases, Ms Li has a total interest in the Company of 19,722,058 Shares, representing approximately 0.99% of the issued share capital of Fortune Oil.

This notification is made in accordance with DTR 3.1.4R(1)(a) and (c) of the Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules.

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