7 May 2013

Sound Oil plc

("Sound Oil" or "the Company")

Nervesa Update

Sound Oil, the European focused upstream oil and gas company, is pleased to provide an operations update on the Nervesa appraisal well, onshore Italy.

The Company has been advised by the owner of the contracted Drilltec TB2100S drilling rig that the rig has reached Total Depth at its current location in the Netherlands.  The well will now be completed, after which the rig will mobilize to Italy where spud of the well is expected later this month. 

In anticipation of the rig's arrival, all site construction work for the Nervesa appraisal well has now been completed.

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