Afren PLC News Announcement

Afren PLC - Award of Share Options

RNS Number:1811O
Afren PLC
19 December 2006


19 December 2006

                      Afren plc ('Afren' or 'the Company')

                             Award of Share Options

The Company announces that on Monday 18 December the Board of Directors approved
the following share option award over ordinary shares of 1p each ('Ordinary
Shares') in the Company for nil consideration under the Afren plc Share Option
Scheme:

Director                  Number of Share Options   Total Number of Director's
                          Awarded Monday 18         Options following this
                          December                  notification

Dr Rilwanu Lukman         500,000                   755,000

The exercise price for the new award is 50p and the options are exercisable from
the date of award for seven years.

Dr Lukman also is the beneficial owner of 7,437,500 Ordinary Shares representing
3.88% of the issued share capital of the Company.

Enquiries

Osman Shahenshah
Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary
Afren plc

+ 44 20 7182 1800


                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END
RDSUWUKRNURUAAA

Financial information provided by Hemscott Group Limited.