Atlantic Petroleum - Insider Trading


Name of insider: Mortan Johannesen	
Relation to the issuer: Board Member	
Date of transaction: 19/09/2007	
Buy or Sell: Buy	
Type of instrument	: Equities	
Number of shares:	3,104	
Price:	 550 DKK	
Primary insider's holdings after the transaction:	     40,000	
Primary insider's option holdings after the transaction:     0	
Related parties' holdings after the transaction:	     10,000	


Comments:		

This trade relates to a forward contract with a financial institution entered
into 29 June 2006 and announced 3 July 2006 - please see previous
announcement.	 

Further Details:
Further details can be obtained from Wilhelm Petersen, Managing Director, tel
+298 350 100 (wilhelmp@petroleum.fo) or Teitur Samuelsen, Financial Manager,
tel +298 350 100 (teiturs@petroleum.fo). This announcement will be available,
together with other information about Atlantic Petroleum, on the Company's
website: www.petroleum.fo. 



P/F Atlantic Petroleum 	
Gongin 9	                   Telephone +298 350 100
P.O. Box 1228	          Fax +298 350 101
FO-110 Tórshavn 	          Website: www.petroleum.fo
Faroe Islands