Drilling Report

Roc Oil Company Limited
29 March 2005





29 March 2005



                             ROC OIL COMPANY LIMITED

                             STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE

                           DRILLING ACTIVITY UPDATE:
                       HADDA-1, EXPLORATION WILDCAT WELL,
                    OFFSHORE PERTH BASIN, WESTERN AUSTRALIA


Roc Oil (WA) Pty Ltd, Operator for and on behalf of the WA-325-P Joint Venture,
advises that, as at 06.00 hours on 29 March 2005, Australian Western Standard
Time, the ENSCO 56 jack-up drilling rig was released from the Hadda-1 location
after the well had been plugged and abandoned as a dry hole with oil shows in
tight sands.

Hadda-1, a rank exploration wildcat well, was drilled as a vertical well in
about 45 metres of water, about 150 km northwest of Geraldton, Western Australia
and some 200 km northwest of the Cliff Head Oil Field.

The Hadda Joint Venture comprises:

                                                          Equities post-deals
WA-325-P                               Current Equities  announced but not yet
                                                               completed
Roc Oil (WA) Pty Ltd                        37.50%               37.50%
Apache Northwest Pty Limited                37.50%               37.50%
Voyager (PB) Limited                        10.00%               12.50%
Bounty Oil & Gas NL                         10.00%                7.50%
Wandoo Petroleum Pty Limited                 5.00%                5.00%




Bruce Clement                            For further information please contact:
Chief Operating Officer                                         Dr John Doran on
                                                            Tel: [phone]
                                                            Fax: [phone]
                                                    E-mail: [e-mail]
                                       Or visit ROC's website: www.rocoil.com.au

                                                                   Dr Kevin Hird
                                          General Manager - Business Development
                                                        Tel: [phone]
                                                        Fax: [phone]
                                                      Email: [e-mail]

                                                                    Nick Lambert
                                            Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial
                                                        Tel: [phone]



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