Drilling Update

Empyrean Energy PLC
06 December 2006



                              Empyrean Energy PLC
                  ('Empyrean' or the 'Company'; Ticker: (EME))

                     Sugarloaf Hosston Prospect, Texas USA
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AIM quoted Empyrean Energy PLC today announces that since our last report on the
4 December 2006, 5 inch production liner has been successfully set and cemented
at 19,791 feet and has been tied back into the casing at 17,000 feet. The
drilling rig is presently laying down drill pipe.

Empyrean will inform the market as soon as it receives confirmation as to the
likely timing of availability of the deep work-over rig required for testing.





The information contained in this announcement was completed and reviewed by the
Technical Director of Empyrean Energy Plc, Mr Frank Brophy BSc (Hons) who has
over 40 years experience as a petroleum geologist.

For further information

Laurence Read/ Ed Portman
Conduit PR
Tel: [phone]/
[phone]

Empyrean Energy plc
Tel : [phone]

Imran Ahmad/ Cecil Jordaan
HB-Corporate
Tel: [phone]



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