Holding(s) in Company

Sterling Energy PLC
05 September 2005



                      Sterling Energy PLC (the 'Company')

                                Holding in Company


The Company was informed on 2 September 2005 by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
('GS Inc') that, at the close of business on 30 August 2005, GS Inc, no longer
had a notifiable interest in the issued share capital of the Company.

5 September 2005


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