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Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment Option...

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Mon Dec 3, 2007 4:21pm EST

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment
Option by Underwriters

    PIRAEUS, Greece, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aegean Marine Petroleum
Network Inc. (NYSE: ANW), an international marine fuel logistics company that
markets and physically supplies refined marine fuel and lubricants to ships in
port and at sea, today announced that the underwriters in respect of the
secondary offering by two of its shareholders of an aggregate of 6,750,000
shares of common stock that was priced at $37.75 on November 14, 2007,
exercised in part their over-allotment option granted to them by the selling
shareholders.  As a result of this exercise, Leveret International Inc., which
is controlled by Aegean's founder, Dimitris Melisanidis, and John P.
Tavlarios, Director, are expected to sell an additional 872,275 shares of the
Company's common stock, resulting in an aggregate of 7,622,275 shares of
common stock sold by the selling shareholders in connection with this
offering. The Company will not receive any proceeds from the shares of common
stock sold by the selling shareholders.
    Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. is the sole book-running manager for the
offering. Jefferies & Company, Inc., Dahlman Rose & Company, LLC, Johnson Rice
& Company LLC and Stephens Inc. are acting as co-managers for the offering.
    Detailed information about Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. and the
offering are contained in the Company's prospectus for the offering.  A copy
of the final prospectus related to the offering may be obtained from:
    Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
    383 Madison Avenue
    New York, NY 10179
    Attn: Prospectus Department
    866-803-9204

    A registration statement relating to these securities was filed with and
declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14,
2007. The offering is being made solely by means of a prospectus. This press
release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to
buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these
securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such an offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification
under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
    About Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc.
    Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. is a marine fuel logistics company
that markets and physically supplies refined marine fuel and lubricants to
ships in port and at sea.  As a physical supplier, the Company purchases
marine fuel from refineries, major oil producers and other sources.  The
Company sells and delivers these fuels to a diverse group of ocean-going and
coastal ship operators and marine fuel traders, brokers and other users
through its service centers in Greece, Gibraltar, Singapore, Jamaica, the
United Arab Emirates and Belgium, and plans to commence physical supply
operations in the United Kingdom and Ghana by the end of the year.
    Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
    This press release contains various forward-looking statements and
information that are based on management's belief, as well as assumptions made
by and information currently available to management. Forward-looking
information includes statements regarding the closing of the offering, which
is subject to several conditions to closing that have not yet been satisfied.
Although the management of Aegean believes that the expectations reflected in
its forward-looking statements are reasonable, Aegean can give no assurance
that those expectations will prove to have been correct. Such statements are
subject to various risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Should one or more of
those risks materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect,
actual results may vary materially from those expected. These risks, as well
as others, are discussed in greater detail in Aegean's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including the Company's annual
report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 and subsequent
filings with the SEC.
SOURCE  Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc.

Ziad Nakhleh, Chief Financial Officer, +011-30-210-458-6200,
znakhleh@ampni.com, E. Nikolas Tavlarios, President, +1-212-763-5659,
ntavlarios@ampni.com, both of Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc.; or
Investor Relations, Leon Berman, Principal of The IGB Group, +1-212-477-8438,
for Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc.
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