The Board of Northern Petroleum Plc received notification on 28 February 2006 from Canada Life Limited that following a sale of shares on 24 February 2006, the Canada Life Group of Companies no longer has a declarable interest in the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.

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Northern Petroleum Plc
Chris Foss, Finance Director
Tel: 020 7743 6080

Investec
Michael Ansell
Andrew Chen
Tel: 020 7597 5000

Chris Roberts
Ben Simons
Hansard Communications
020 7245 1100