Director/PDMR Shareholding

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ld
26 September 2006



Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd ("Gulf Keystone" or the "Company")


Director's Interest in Shares


John Cooper, Finance Director of Gulf Keystone, has been granted options
pursuant to the Company's Share Option Plan  dated August 2004.  Details of the
options granted to Mr Cooper are set out below:


Date of Grant:                  26 September 2006
Number of Options granted:      1,200,000 common shares of US$0.1 per share
Option price:                   59.75p (the closing price on 25 September 2006)


Following this grant Jon Cooper has share options over 1,200,000 common shares
of US$0.1 per share.




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