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EnCore Oil PLC

01 March 2011

Press Release

For immediate release: 1 March 2011

EnCore Oil plc ('EnCore' or 'the Company')

Commencement of Drilling Operations on Burgman Well

EnCore Oil plc (LSE: EO.) is pleased to announce that the Burgman exploration well 28/9-4 in Central North Sea Block 28/9 was spudded at 05.30 hours on Tuesday 1 March 2011.

The EnCore operated well is being drilled using the Transocean Galaxy II heavy duty jack-up rig and is being managed by Applied Drilling Technology International (ADTI), a turnkey drilling services provider with over 30 years' experience. The well is expected to take approximately 25 days, subject to weather and operational requirements.

The main objectives of the well are to establish if hydrocarbons are present in the Tay and Cromarty sands. The well will also drill a deeper, high risk, Jurassic aged Fulmar sand target.

The equity in the Block 28/9 joint venture partnership is as follows: EnCore Oil plc (15 per cent., Operator), Premier Oil (35 per cent.), Wintershall (UK North Sea) Limited (20 per cent.), Nautical Petroleum (15 per cent.) and Agora Oil & Gas (15 per cent.).

Graham Dore B.Sc. (Hons.) in Geology and M.Sc. in Petroleum Geology and EnCore's Exploration Director, who has over 20 years' experience in the oil exploration and production industry, has reviewed and approved the technical information contained in this announcement.

For further information, please contact:

 
 EnCore Oil plc                               www.encoreoil.co.uk 
 Alan Booth, Chief Executive Officer          +44 (0)20 7224 4546 
 Eugene Whyms, Chief Financial Officer 
 Yvonne Fraser, Investor Relations Manager    +44 (0)7957 241 408 
 
 Westhouse Securities Limited 
 Tim Feather                                  +44 (0) 20 7601 6100 
 Matthew Johnson 
 

Notes to Editors:

EnCore Oil plc (LSE:EO.) is an oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) company quoted on AIM.

EnCore has a balanced portfolio of offshore assets, based mainly in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) and a significant equity holding in AIM listed Egdon Resources plc (LSE: EDR).

EnCore has an experienced and proven management team, a number of whom were responsible for the discovery of the Buzzard field in the UK North Sea, which currently produces over 10 per cent. of the UK's total oil production.

All EnCore's commercial and material technical evaluations are undertaken in-house by the EnCore team. This brings both continuity to the management and development of the assets and an ownership that is vital to unearth the best and most creative new ideas and opportunities.

www.encoreoil.co.uk

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