Change in the Composition of the Board of Directors of the Subsidiary Company Atlantic Petroleum UK Limited


Tórshavn, Faroe Islands 4th March 2008 - P/F Atlantic Petroleum (OMX: FO-ATLA)
the international upstream oil and gas company, today announced that the
composition of the Board of Directors of its subsidiary company Atlantic
Petroleum UK Limited has changed. The number of Board members of Atlantic
Petroleum UK Limited has been reduced from seven to three. The reason for the
reduction in the number of Board members of Atlantic Petroleum UK Limited is to
enable Atlantic Petroleum UK Limited Board level decisions to be made more
swiftly. Atlantic Petroleum UK Limited is a 100% owned subsidiary of P/F
Atlantic Petroleum. The Board of Directors of Atlantic Petroleum UK Limited now
consists of Wilhelm Petersen, Kjartan Hoydal and Richard Hardman. Óli Hammer,
Mortan Johannesen, Petur Even Djurhuus and Poul R. Mohr have resigned as
Directors of Atlantic Petroleum UK Limited, but each will continue as Board
members of the parent company P/F Atlantic Petroleum. 


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. 

Change in the Composition of the Board of Directors of the Subsidiary Company
Atlantic Petroleum UK Limited                	 

Issued 04-03-2008

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