LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - Nov. 8, 2012) - Heritage Oil Plc (News - Market indicators)(LSE:HOIL), an independent upstream exploration and production company, in accordance with Listing Rule 3.5.6, notifies the following details in respect of the block listing for its Share Option Scheme and Exchangeable Shares:

More information about the Company is available on the Company's website at www.heritageoilplc.com.

Notes to Editors

• Heritage is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The trading symbol is HOIL. Heritage has a further listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange (News - Market indicators).
  
  
• Heritage is an independent upstream exploration and production company engaged in the exploration for, and the development, production and acquisition of, oil and gas in its core areas of Africa, the Middle East and Russia. 
  
  
• Heritage has an exploration, appraisal and development asset in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, exploration assets in Malta, Tanzania, Pakistan, Libya and the Democratic Republic of Congo and a producing property in Russia. 
  
  
• For further information please refer to our website, www.heritageoilplc.com.