Offshore staff

(Falklands) - Rockhopper Exploration Plc has signed a letter of intent with CGG Marine to conduct a 3D seismic survey on its North Falkland basin acreage.

The survey is planned for the Falkland summer months and is currently scheduled to begin in December 2006.

Licenses PL032 and PL033 lie in less than 500 m of water and were the subject of two wells drilled during 1998, one of which recovered live oil to the surface.

The licenses are already covered by 1546 km 2D and 368 sq km 3D seismic data.

Rockhopper is now targeting a different play type in addition to those early wells, representing an untested oil play.

04/05/06