Director/PDMR Shareholding

Sterling Energy PLC
14 February 2006


                      Sterling Energy plc ('the Company')

                            Director's Share Purchase


The Company has been informed that Chris Callaway, who was appointed as a
non-executive director of the Company this morning, has today purchased 100,000
ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') at a price of
23.25p per Ordinary Share, representing less than 0.01% of the issued share
capital. This represents Mr Callaway's beneficial holding of Ordinary Shares.




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