Kea Petroleum plc

("Kea", the "Company")

Application for additional listing

Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the listing of 500,000 ordinary shares in the capital of Kea to be admitted to trading on AIM.  These shares were issued as a result of the exercise of warrants and will rank pari passu with the existing issued ordinary shares of the Company.  Details of the warrants can be found within the Admission Document.   

Admission is expected to become effective and dealings to commence in these shares on 2 July 2010. 

Following the issue of these new shares the ordinary issued share capital of Kea now consists of 505,055,000 ordinary shares of 1 pence each with voting rights.  No ordinary shares are held in treasury.

For further information please contact:

Kea Petroleum plc                                                               Tel: +44 (0) 20 7340 9970

David Lees, Executive Director                                                                                  

RBC Capital Markets                                                         Tel: +44 (0) 20 7653 4000

Matthew Coakes / Brett Jacobs / Daniel Conti                                                         
Martin Eales (NOMAD)

Buchanan Communications                                               Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000

Tim Anderson / James Strong