RNS Number:2164L
Northern Petroleum PLC
16 May 2003


For Immediate Release: 16 May 2003


                             Northern Petroleum Plc

                                ("the Company")


                          Notification of Shareholding


The Board of Northern Petroleum Plc has been informed today that Sunningdale
Oils (Ireland) Limited ("Sunningdale") has sold, by way of a private placement,
4 million ordinary shares of 1p each (representing 2.50% of ordinary share
capital) in the Company. Sunningdale retains a holding of 5.3 million ordinary
shares (representing 3.31% of ordinary share capital) in the Company.


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For further details please contact:


Derek Musgrove, Managing Director
020 7743 6080


Ben Simons
Hansard Communications
020 7245 1100










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