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Dragon Oil PLC

29 December 2014

29 December 2014

DRAGON OIL PLC

(the "Company" or together with its subsidiaries "Dragon Oil" or the "Group")

Block 9, Iraq: Exploration Well Update

Dragon Oil plc (Ticker: DGO), an international oil and gas exploration, development and production company, advises that Kuwait Energy, Dragon Oil's partner in Block 9, Iraq (Dragon Oil 30% interest), today issued the following update on the exploration well, Faihaa-1, drilled in the block.

FAIHAA-1 WELL UPDATE

"Kuwait Energy ("the Company") announces that the consortium comprised of Kuwait Energy (70% and operator) and Dragon Oil (30%) has made its second oil discovery at 'Block 9', Iraq.

The successful discovery was at the consortium's second target, the Yamama formation at 4,000 meters, in its Block 9 exploration well, 'Faihaa-1', located in Northern Basra, Iraq.

Preliminary tests of the Faihaa-1 Yamama formation resulted in oil flow rates of circa 5,000 and 8,000 BOPD of 35 API crude on 32"/64" and 64"/64" chokes respectively.

The consortium will conduct more detailed testing on Yamama towards the end of the year."

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About Dragon Oil

Dragon Oil plc is an international oil and gas exploration, development and production company, quoted on the London and Irish Stock exchanges (Ticker symbol: DGO). Its principal producing asset is in the Cheleken Contract Area, in the eastern section of the Caspian Sea, offshore Turkmenistan.

Dragon Oil (Turkmenistan) Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Dragon Oil plc, holds 100% interest in, and is the operator of, the Production Sharing Agreement for the Cheleken Contract Area. The operational focus is on the re-development of two oil and gas producing fields, Dzheitune (Lam) and Dzhygalybeg (Zhdanov).

The Group has exploration blocks in Tunisia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt, the Philippines and Algeria. Dragon Oil's diversification strategy is to add exploration and production assets within Africa, parts of Asia and the Middle East in order to create a diversified and balanced portfolio of assets for the Group.

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