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Brisbane, July 9, 2008 AEST (ABN Newswire) - Beach Petroleum Limited (ASX:BPT)(PINK:BEPTF) Weekly Drilling Report for Week ending 9 July 2008

The weekly drilling report for the week ending 9 July 2008 is attached. Highlights of the week's activities include:

Cooper/Eromanga Oil

In areas operated by Santos, one successful well was drilled (Narcoonowie-7, Beach 20.21%), and two wells are in progress (Deparanie-2, Beach 20.21% and Big Lake-88, Beach 20.21%).
Well            Participants                                    Big Lake-88     BPT     20.21%  PPL 11          STO*    66.60%  Oil Development ORG     13.19%   C/E Basin, SA                                                                                   Weekly Progress & Summary                           Primary Targets                                                                             Report Time:    0600 hrs (CST) 08/07/2008           Hutton              Depth:          1984m                                                   Operation:      Drilling ahead in the Hutton Sandstone.                 Progress:       1434m                                                                                                                             Narcoonowie-7   BPT     20.21%  PPL 25          STO*    66.60%  Oil Development ORG     13.19%                 C/E Basin, SA                           Report Time:    0600 hrs (CST) 08/07/2008            Basal Birkhead     Depth:          1678m (TD)                              Operation:      Well to be cased and suspended as a future oil producer.Progress:       1678m               Deparanie-2     BPT     20.21%  PPL 174         STO*    66.60%  Oil Appraisal   ORG     13.19%  C/E Basin, SA       Report Time:    0600 hrs (CST) 08/07/2008            Namur        Depth:          2512m (TD)                           Tirrawarra (s)     Operation:      Running wireline logs.                          Progress:       1073m         COAL SEAM GAS PROJECTS                                                  Location            Participants                Pl 198              BPT 40%                                   Coal Seam Develop't AOE* 60%                    Surat  Basin, QLD                               Well    Depth   Operation: 0600hrs (EST) 9th July 2008                  Tipton - 113    392.35m (TD)    Well completed, rig moved to Tipton 38T.Tipton -39T     553m    Under reaming.                                  Tipton - 38T    389.25m Drilling production hole.                                                                                                                                                      * Operator                                                              (s)  Secondary Targets                                                  BPT   Beach Petroleum Ltd                                               STO   Santos Limited                                                    ORG   Origin Energy Resources Ltd                                       AOE   Arrow Energy NL                                                   

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