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Adelaide, June 25, 2008 AEST (ABN Newswire) - Beach Petroleum Limited (ASX:BPT)(PINK:BEPTF) Weekly Drilling Report for Week ending 25 June 2008. Highlights of the week's activities include:

Cooper/Eromanga Oil

- In areas operated by Santos, one successful well was drilled (Big Lake-87, Beach 20.21%), and one well is in progress (Granchio-3, Beach 20.21%). Operations were slowed by rain early in the week.
------------------------------Well            Participants------------------------------Granchio-3      BPT     20.21%PPL 188         STO*    66.60%Oil Appraisal   ORG     13.19%C/E Basin, SA------------------------------Weekly Progress & Summary         Primary Targets                        Report Time:    0600 hrs (CST)                 24/06/2008        McKinlayDepth:  1314m                     Basal Birkhead (S)Operation:      Drilling ahead.Progress:       1314m------------------------------Well            Participants------------------------------Big Lake-87     BPT     20.21%PPL 11          STO*    66.60%  Oil Development ORG     13.19%C/E Basin, SAReport Time:    0600 hrs (CST)                 24/06/2008        Mid BirkheadDepth:          2046m (TD)        Hutton (s)Operation:      Cased and suspended as a                 future Hutton oil producer.Progress:       1345m------------------------------COAL SEAM GAS PROJECTS------------------------------Location              Participants----------------------------------Pl 198                BPT     40%Coal Seam Develop't   AOE*    60%Surat  Basin, QLDWell          Depth         Operation: 0600hrs (EST)                             25th June 2008Tipton - 133  631.63m (TD)  Completing wellTipton - 132A 476.0m        Completing well----------------------------------* Operator(s)  Secondary TargetsBPT   Beach Petroleum LtdSTO   Santos LimitedORG   Origin Energy Resources LtdAOE   Arrow Energy NL

Contact

Reg Nelson
Beach Petroleum
TEL: +61-8-8338-2833

Ian Howarth
Farrington National
MOB: +61-407-822-319

Mark Lindh
Adelaide Equity
MOB: +61-414-551-361


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