Total Voting Rights - September 2012

Ophir Energy plc 

("Ophir" or the "Company")

Total Voting Rights

London, 1 October 2012: Ophir notifies the market that, following the allotment of new ordinary shares on the exercise of share options during September, the Company's issued share capital as at close of business on 30 September 2012 was 399,874,189 ordinary shares of £0.0025 each. The Company does not hold any ordinary shares in treasury.

Therefore, as at 1 October 2012, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 399,874,189.

Shareholders may use this figure as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules ("DTR").

This announcement is in conformity with DTR 5.6.1.

For Further Information please contact:

Ophir Energy plc +44 (0)20 7290 5800

Nick Cooper, CEO

Stephanie Prior, Commercial Manager

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), Dakar (Senegal), Port Gentil (Gabon) and Nairobi (Kenya).

Ophir is the 5th largest deepwater acreage holder in Africa, present in four key emerging sub-Saharan exploration themes, and the largest net acreage holder in offshore East Africa.

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