Heritage Oil Plc ("Heritage") Total Voting Rights

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Mon Oct 5, 2009 1:01pm EDT 

  CALGARY, ALBERTA, Oct 05 (MARKET WIRE) -- 
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 30 September 2009:

    - 284,527,830 ordinary shares of no par value. Each ordinary share
carries one voting right; and

    - 3,024,108 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 30 September 2009 is
287,551,938.

    The above figure (287,551,938) 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
Uganda, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, the Democratic Republic of Congo,
Malta, Pakistan, Tanzania and Mali.

Contacts:
Heritage Oil Plc
Tony Buckingham, CEO / Paul Atherton, CFO
+44 (0) 1534 835 400
info@heritageoilplc.com

Heritage Oil Plc
Tanya Clarke
Investor Relations
+44 (0) 20 7518 0838
tanya.clarke@heritageoilplc.com

Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial - PR - Europe
Nick Lambert
+44 (0) 20 7861 3232
NLambert@bell-pottinger.co.uk

CHF Investor Relations - Investor Relations - Canada
Cathy Hume / Lindsay Carpenter
+1 416 868 1079 x231 / x239
cathy@chfir.com / lindsay@chfir.com

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