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Request for trading halt

MEO Australia Limited (ASX: MEO) requests a trading halt of its shares for up to 2 days effective immediately pending the results of production testing the Baong sands in the Gurame SE-1XST well in the Seruway Production Sharing Contract, offshore North Sumatra.

For the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 17.1, MEO provides the following information:

(a) the trading halt is necessary as otherwise trading in MEO shares may take place in an uninformed market;

(b) MEO requests that the trading halt remain in place until it is in a position to make an announcement to the market regarding production test results.

MEO anticipates that an announcement will be made prior to the commencement of normal trading on 13th December 2012 and the trading halt will cease at that time; and

(c) MEO is not aware of any reason why the trading halt should not be granted.

Yours sincerely

Colin Naylor