BPH ENERGY LTD — Capital/Financing Update 2010

Dec 6, 2010

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7th December 2010

ASX/MEDIA RELEASE

For further information and inquiries on 1:10 non- renounceable rights issue at $0.10 please contact:

Lead Manager: Claymore Capital: +612 9233 2063 Bounty Oil & Gas: Philip Kelso +612 929 97200 email: antonr@claymorecapital.com.au email: geo@bountyoil.com

“Ocean Patriot” Move to PEP 11

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Semi submersible rig “Ocean Patriot” courtesy of Diamond Offshore Inc contracted for New Seaclem 1 , PEP 11

Bounty Oil & Gas NL (“Bounty”) is pleased to announce that farmin partner; Advent Energy Ltd (Advent) has advised that it anticipates that operational handover of the “Ocean Patriot” semi submersible drill rig to Advent will occur tomorrow Wednesday 8[th] December 2010.

The “Ocean Patriot” has been contracted by Advent to drill the New Seaclem 1 exploration well in PEP 11, offshore Sydney Basin.

The “Ocean Patriot” is expected to leave from its current location offshore east Gippsland, Victoria late on 8[th] December and be towed by tugs (workboats) north along the New South Wales coast to the New Seaclem 1 location.

The tow to location will take approximately four days.

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Upon arriving at the New Seaclem 1 location, the rig’s anchors will be run before the rig ballasts down.

The well is anticipated to spud between Tuesday 14[th] and Wednesday 15[th] December, 2010.

Bounty will release further details as soon as this information is available.

New Seaclem‐1 Well Summary

The New Seaclem 1 well will be drilled 55km east of Newcastle within Commonwealth Waters.

The well will be the first exploration well to be drilled offshore New South Wales.

New Seaclem‐1 will target natural gas in the Great White and Marlin stratigraphic prospects contained within the Cainozoic age sedimentary sequence. The specific gas targets are within interpreted Tertiary age sandstone reservoirs in that sequence and on the basis of seismic interpretation and site surveys the Great White/Marlin prospects have prospective gas in place resources of 7 TCF in PEP11.

Bounty is free carried for all costs of the New Seaclem 1 well. Upon completion of the well Advent will increase its working interest in PEP11from 25% to 85%. Bounty will thereby reduce its interest from 75% to 15%.

See location map and diagrams below.

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Bounty is an Australian ASX listed oil producer and explorer (ASX Code: BUY) Its core petroleum production and exploration assets are located in the Cooper/Eromanga Basins and in the Surat Basin in Queensland and South Australia. Its growth assets are spread over a number of high impact projects in Australia and Tanzania where it is exploring for oil and gas. In Australia it is a participant in the New Seaclem 1 well testing for 7 trillion cubic feet (TCF) potential gas in PEP 11, Sydney Basin and with up to a total 16 (TCF) gas potential in the whole permit.Bounty has other permits including Tanzania where it is a participant in the Kiliwani North gas discovery and is exploring additional gas pools with up to 1 TCF potential.

Bounty has reserves and resources approaching 4 million barrels of oil equivalent.

[Information in this release that relates to or refers to petroleum or hydrocarbon reserves or resources is based on information compiled by Mr Philip F Kelso the CEO of Bounty Oil & Gas NL. Mr Kelso is a Bachelor of Science (Geology) and has practised geology and petroleum geology for in excess of 20 years. He is a member of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia and a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. He has consented to the reporting of that information in the form and context in which it appears in this release.]