Update on "Rowan Norway" N-Class Jack-Up Rig & FDP

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                           TSX-V, LSE-AIM: XEL


13 July 2011


                          Xcite Energy Limited
                  ("Xcite Energy" or the "Company")

             Update on "Rowan Norway" N-Class Jack-Up Rig and FDP

The Company is pleased to announce that the "Rowan Norway" deep water
jack-up rig, scheduled for use on the Company's Bentley field, has now
been delivered by the Keppel FELS shipyard in Singapore to Rowan
Companies, Inc.

The rig will now be transported to Dundee using the OHT Hawk heavy lift
vessel, where it will undergo final testing and will be crewed and
equipped for its deployment onto the Bentley field.

Preparations for the submission to the Department of Energy and Climate
Change of a Field Development Plan for the Bentley field remain on
track and are consistent with the rig deployment timing.


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Xcite Energy Limited                               +44 (0) 1483 549 063
Richard Smith                Chief Executive Officer
Rupert Cole                  Chief Financial Officer

Oriel Securities (Joint Broker and                 +44 (0) 207 710 7600
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Emma Griffin                 Partner
Simon Edwards                Partner

Morgan Stanley (Joint Broker)                      +44 (0) 207 425 8000
Andrew Foster                Managing Director

Pelham Bell Pottinger                              +44 (0) 207 861 3232
Mark Antelme                 Director
Henry Lerwill
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Jean-Francois Meilleur       Consultant


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