Notice of EGM

Soco International PLC
26 March 2008

                             SOCO International plc

                           ('SOCO' or 'the Company')





                    Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting



SOCO announces that a circular and notice of meeting will today be mailed to
shareholders convening an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company to be
held at 10 am on 14 April 2008 at the offices of Ashurst LLP, Broadwalk House, 5
Appold Street, London EC2A 2HA.



The purpose of the EGM is to seek the approval of shareholders for the disposal
by the Company of SOCO Yemen Pty Limited on the terms and conditions set out in
the conditional sale and purchase agreement dated 1 February 2008.



Copies of the circular have been submitted to the UKLA and will shortly be
available for inspection at the UKLA's Document Viewing Facility, which is
situated at:



Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf

London

E14 5HS

Tel. [phone]







26 March 2008







Contact:  Carol Fan, tel [phone]




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