Operational Update

23rd March 2009 Gold Oil plc Operational Update on Rosa Blanca 1 Update on Nancy Burdine Maxine Fields Man Ferrostaal MOU Extension Rosa Blanca 1 Gold Oil plc ("Gold Oil" or the "Company") announces that testing operations have been completed on the Rosa Blanca 1 well and that no hydrocarbons were produced from the four zones that were tested. As previously announced on 2nd March 2009, the bottom formation did not flow any hydrocarbons. The work over rig which was brought on to site earlier this week allowed the testing of the middle formation to be completed and the upper section was then perforated and swabbing operations carried out. No hydrocarbons flowed. The Rosa Blanca operating group, in which Gold Oil has a 40% stake, will review the data recovered from the well. Despite the disappointing results from this operation, the 45,000 hectare block still has a number of other prospects on the licence and these will now be assessed after the data analysis has been completed. The next stage of the work programme will be to conduct a 2D seismic survey later this year. Nancy Burdine Maxine Fields ("NBM") The Company is preparing to take management control of NBM. A programme of cost cutting has already been implemented and further reviews will be made to ensure that our operations are run as efficiently as possible. Testing and a reactivation programme of the Burdine field commenced this week and 2 out of 3 of the Burdine wells have natural flow producing capacity. The Burdine 1 well has produced 96.2 Bbls of oil in 10 hrs on a natural flow test and Burdine 5 will proceed next week. The Company is now moving a wire line unit to the Burdine locations to check the mechanical status of the wells, pressure test them and define the necessary work over program in order to put them on production. The behaviour of the Burdine wells has been similar to the producing well on Nancy and the Directors therefore believe it is possible to significantly increase production output from those wells. MAN Ferrostaal Gold Oil has signed a further one year extension to its existing MOU with MAN Ferrostaal of Essen, Germany to evaluate the feasibility of developing a petrochemical plant in Northern Peru. As previously announced, under the terms of the MOU which was first signed in 2004, MAN Ferrostaal is responsible for evaluating the petrochemical plant and Gold Oil is responsible for evaluating the gas supplies and pipeline transportation options. The MOU envisages several phases of development with Gold Oil having an option to participate in the petrochemical plant and MAN Ferrostaal an option to participate in the upstream gas supply. Ends For further information on the Company, visit www.goldoilplc.com or contact: Gold Oil Mark Pritchard, Chairman Tel: 07802 827 846 Seymour Pierce Jonathan Wright / Richard Redmayne Tel: 020 7107 8000 Notes to Editors Gold Oil is an AIM-listed oil and gas exploration and production company primarily focused on opportunities in Latin America. It has oil production in Colombia and significant exploration acreage and licences both onshore and offshore in Peru and onshore Colombia. ---END OF MESSAGE--- This announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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