Transaction in Own Shares

Westmount Energy Limited
06 December 2007



 
Westmount Energy Limited
06 December 2007




                                 PRESS RELEASE

                            WESTMOUNT ENERGY LIMITED


Westmount Energy Limited (the 'Company') announces that the Company yesterday
purchased for cancellation 95,500 of its ordinary shares of 20p each at a price
of 80p per share.

Further to the FSA's Disclosure & Transparency Rules, the Company advises that
its issued share capital now comprises 7,219,500 ordinary shares of 20p each.
The voting rights of all of these shares are identical.

The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the
calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their
interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FSA's
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Note for Editors:

Westmount Energy Limited is a Jersey based AIM quoted Energy Investment Company.
Its present investments include 30,000,000 shares of AIM quoted Sterling Energy
plc, 5,500,000 shares of AIM quoted Desire Petroleum plc and 244,000 shares of
presently unquoted Eclipse Energy UK plc. The Company has no borrowings.


CONTACTS:

Westmount Energy Limited Tel: [phone]

Paul Anderson, Director

Ruegg & Co Limited Tel: [phone]

Gavin Burnell

Brett Miller














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