U S Oil and Gas : .S. Oil & Gas Plc. - pdate

U.S. Oil & Gas Plc, ('USOIL' or the 'Company'), the oil and gas exploration company with assets in Nevada, makes the following announcement: Permit application

As previously reported, three drill permit applications are currently in process with the Nevada Bureau of Land Management (BLM). All documents requested by the BLM were completed and filed in a timely manner. However, no indication has yet been received concerning a time-scale for permits to be finalised. The Board believes that if permits were to be awarded without undue delay, sufficient time would remain to drill a funded well or wells before the leases concerned expire.

Funding

To date, sufficient funding has not been raised to drill any of the proposed wells. Efforts to raise funds are continuing. Meantime the Board is considering the Company's options in the event that funds are not raised soon enough to allow sufficient lead-in time for a drill.

In the Board's deliberations, due weight will be given to all relevant factors: financial, regulatory, legal and corporate. An important consideration is that the Company is debt-free and has no major creditors. The Board is fully committed to mapping out a way forward in the best interests of shareholders. The Board expects to have completed its deliberations in approximately two weeks and will update shareholders shortly thereafter.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

The statements in this communication reflect the current thinking of the Board and the Company's present plans. The Company reserves the right to alter plans in the light of developing knowledge and circumstances. Shareholders' attention is drawn to the note below concerning Forward-looking Statements.

This press release contains certain 'forward-looking statements' and 'forward-looking information'. Forward-looking statements and forward-looking information include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to: business plans and strategies of US Oil and Gas; operating or technical difficulties in connection with drilling or development activities; availability and costs associated with inputs and labour; drilling and exploration costs; the speculative nature of oil exploration and development; diminishing quantities or quality of reserves; synergies and financial impact of completed acquisitions; the benefits of the acquisitions and the development potential of properties of US Oil and Gas; the future price of oil; supply and demand for oil; the estimation of reserves; the realization of reserve estimates; costs of production and projections of costs; success of exploration activities; capital expenditure programs and the timing and method of financing thereof; the ability of US Oil and Gas to achieve drilling success consistent with management's expectations; net present values of future net revenues from reserves; expected levels of royalty rates, operating costs, general and administrative costs, costs of services and other costs and expenses; expectations regarding the ability to raise capital and to add to reserves through acquisitions, assessments of the value of acquisitions and exploration and development programs; geological, technical, drilling and processing problems; treatment under governmental regulatory regimes and tax laws.

Contact:

Brian McDonnell

Tel: +353 (1) 631 9022

About U.S. Oil & Gas

U.S. Oil & Gas plc is an oil and gas exploration company with a strategy to identify and acquire oil and gas assets in the early phase of the upstream life-cycle and mature them. The Company's main asset is in Nye County, Nevada where it holds the entire share capital of US-based company, Major Oil International LLC ('Major Oil'). Major Oil has acquired rights to exploration and development acreage in Hot Creek Valley, Nye County, adjacent to the oil and gas rich Railroad Valley area of Nevada, both of which are part of the Sevier Thrust of central Nevada and western Utah, USA.