RNS Number:3700L
Roc Oil Company Limited
09 January 2008

9 January 2008

                         ROC OIL COMPANY LIMITED ("ROC")
                             STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE

   DRILLING UPDATE: WEI-6-12W-1 EXPLORATION WELL, BLOCK 22/12, OFFSHORE CHINA


Roc Oil (China) Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of ROC, advises as at 0600
hours (local time) on 9 January 2008, the Premium "Murmanskaya" jack up drilling
rig is preparing to run the 13-3/8 inch casing to a depth of 800 mBRT.

The Wei-6-12W-1 well is located approximately 2.5 kilometres northwest of the
Wei 6-12S-1 oil discovery.

Participating Interests in Block 22/12 Joint Venture are:

Roc Oil (China) Company............................. 40% (Operator)
Horizon Oil Limited................................. 30%
Petsec Petroleum.................................... 25%
Oil Australia Pty Ltd*..............................  5%

The above interests are subject to Government participation in developments of
up to 51%

* A subsidiary of First Australian Resources


Damian Fisher
General Manager
External Affairs & Investor Relations


                                         For further information please contact:
                                                                Dr John Doran on
                                                            Tel: +61-2-8356-2000
                                                            Fax: +61-2-9380-2635
                                                     Email: jdoran@rocoil.com.au
                                       Or visit ROC's website: www.rocoil.com.au
                                                                                
                                                                   Dr Kevin Hird
                                          General Manager - Business Development
                                     Tel: +44 (0)20 7495 5707/+61 (0)2 8356 2000
                                     Mob: +44 (0)7751 3671 49/+61 (0)417 261 727
                                                     Email:  khird@rocoil.com.au
                                                                                
                                                                    Michael Shaw
                                    Oriel Securities Limited (Nominated Adviser)
                                                       Tel:  +44 (0)20 7710 7600
                                                                                
                                                                     Bobby Morse
                                                         Buchanan Communications
                                                       Tel: + 44 (0)20 7466 5000
                                                       Fax: + 44 (0)20 7466 5001
                                                  E-Mail: bobbym@buchanan.uk.com
                                                        Mob: +44 (0)7802 875 227





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