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Dana Petroleum PLC
06 December 2005


DANA PETROLEUM PLC
('Dana' or 'the Company')

Faucon-1 Well Discovery

Dana Petroleum is pleased to announce that the Faucon-1 exploration well,
currently being drilled in Block 1 offshore Mauritania, has encountered
hydrocarbon bearing sandstones within the main Cretaceous age target horizon.
Drilling has been temporarily suspended at 3,536 m while a full suite of
wireline logs, formation pressures, fluid samples and core samples are obtained.
Thereafter, it is the intention to deepen the well by up to a further 700 m in
order to fully explore the Cretaceous section. A further announcement will be
made in due course, regarding hydrocarbon type encountered and the likely size
of the discovery, once all the data gathered from the well has been recovered
and fully evaluated.



6 December 2005



For further information please contact:


Dana Petroleum Plc
Tom Cross, Chief Executive 01224 652 400
Andy Bostock, Technical Director 01224 652 400

College Hill Associates
Nick Elwes / Ben Brewerton 020 7457 2020