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Sound Oil PLC


02 October 2006


2006-10-02 07:03:59
Sound Oil PLC - New appointment
RNS Number:7570J
Sound Oil PLC
02 October 2006




Sound Oil plc ("Sound Oil" or "the Company")

Appointment of Head of Exploration

Sound Oil plc announces that it has appointed Dr. Michael Cope as Head of
Exploration based at their new office in Fetcham, Surrey. Dr. Cope has
been a petroleum geologist for more than twenty-five years and brings a wealth
of operational experience to the Company. His most recent position was as
Principal Geologist with Schlumberger's WesternGeco seismic division where his
main focus was new ventures prospectivity assessment. Previously he held a
variety of senior exploration positions with the Petrofina Group and with Texaco
working on projects in Africa, Central Asia, the Far East and the Northwest
European Shelf. He holds BSc and PhD degrees in geology from the University of
London.

The Company's new office address is: Fetcham Park House, Lower Road,
Fetcham, Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 9HD (Tel 01372 371 010).


2 October 2006

For further information please contact:

Sound Oil 07903 861 145
Gerry Orbell, Chairman

RNS Number:1056J
Sound Oil PLC
18 September 2006


Sound Oil plc (the "Company")


Significant shareholding


The Company received notification on 13 September 2006 that as at 12 September
2006, The Capital Group Companies, Inc., its subsidiary Capital Research and
Management Company ("CRMC") and the American Variable Insurance Series - Global
Small Capitalization Fund managed by CRMC were interested in a total of
30,000,000 ordinary shares in the Company; this represents 4.33% of the issued
share capital of the Company.

Holding(s) in Company - Sound Oil PLC





RNS Number:0349K
Sound Oil PLC
05 October 2006

Sound Oil plc (the "Company")

Significant shareholding

The Company received notification on 3 October 2006 that as at 29 September
2006, Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited was interested in a total of
50,127,636 ordinary shares in the Company; this represents approximately 7.24%
of the issued share capital of the Company.

5 October 2006

Activities
Sound Oil plc was formed in 2005 for the purpose of evaluating and making investments in energy resource business opportunities in North and West Africa. The investments may be either quoted or unquoted and may be in companies, partnerships, joint ventures or direct investments in specific projects. The Directors believe that, in current market conditions, good opportunities exist for investment in situations that are, in their opinion, undervalued or capable of showing an above average return. The Directors believe that there exists the potential for the Company to generate a high-value portfolio of energy resource assets in North and West Africa. The Company intends to be an active investor. Accordingly, the Company will be directly involved in the ventures in which it participates and will often seek the main management positio

Recent Director Dealings
Date Director Trans Amount Type Price (p) Value () Holding %
07-07-2006 A. Heath BUY 827,586 ORD 7.25 60,000 - -
07-07-2006 G. Orbell BUY 1,655,172 ORD 7.25 120,000 - -
26-06-2006 G. Orbell BUY 75,000 ORD 6.38 4,785 - -

http://www.soundoil.co.uk/common/publications/presentationdecember2006.pdf

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