Maersk Oil North Sea UK Ltd.

Maersk Oil North Sea UK Ltd. has retained Stellar Energy Advisors Ltd. to sell certain assets in the Leadon Field, offshore the U.K., in the northern North Sea. The package includes a 100% equity interest in the U.K. blocks 9/14a (Upper) and 9/14b and a 35% interest in Block 9/14a (Lower) which underlies Block 9/14a (Upper). Production is approximately 4,800 barrels of oil per day with estimated reserves of 5.5 million standard barrels of oil. For more information, contact Spencer Winter or Sergei Trofimov, +44 20 7493 1977