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Heritage Oil Plc ("Heritage"): Total Voting Rights

Heritage Oil Plc (TSX: HOC)(LSE: HOIL), an independent upstream exploration and production company, announces the following voting rights in Heritage in respect of issued shares in accordance with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules as at close of business 31 January 2011:

--  284,911,830 ordinary shares of no par value. Each ordinary share carries
    one voting right; and
--  2,955,108 exchangeable shares of no par value of Heritage Oil
    Corporation each carrying one voting right in Heritage.

The total number of voting rights in Heritage as at 31 January 2011 is 287,866,938.

The above figure (287,866,938) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Heritage under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Notes to Editors

--  Heritage is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and
    is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The trading symbol is HOIL.
    Heritage has a further listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: HOC).

--  Heritage is an independent upstream exploration and production company
    engaged in the exploration for, and the development, production and
    acquisition of, oil and gas in its core areas of Africa, the Middle East
    and Russia.

--  Heritage has a producing property in Russia and exploration projects in
    the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malta,
    Pakistan, Tanzania and Mali.

--  All dollars are US$ unless otherwise stated.

--  For further information please refer to our website,
    www.heritageoilplc.com.