Analyst Site Visit

20 July 2010

SOCO International plc

('SOCO' or 'the Company')

Analyst Site Visit

SOCO International is hosting an analyst trip that commenced on the 18th of July 2010 to certain of its operations in the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa). No new material information will be provided and all presentation slides will be available on SOCO's website.

ENQUIRIES:

SOCO International plc Tel: 020 7747 2000

Roger Cagle, Executive Vice President, Deputy CEO and Chief Financial Officer

Pelham Bell Pottinger Tel: 020 7861 3232

James Henderson

Evgeniy Chuikov

NOTES TO EDITORS:

SOCO is an international oil and gas exploration and production company, headquartered in London, traded on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The Company has interests in Vietnam, Thailand, Angola, the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) with production operations in Vietnam and Thailand.

SOCO holds its interests in the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) through its 85% owned subsidiary, SOCO Exploration and Production Congo SA, and in the Democratic Republic of Congo through its 85% owned subsidiary, SOCO Exploration Production DRC SPRL.