Export production tests at Tawke initiated

DNO can confirm that export production tests at the Tawke oil field in the
Kurdistan Region of Iraq commenced on 2 February. At present, the tested volumes
are around 10,000 bopd.

The technical tests are being conducted in close coordination with the Kurdistan
Regional Government and the Northern Oil Company to ensure a responsible and
secure start up of exports and to further ramp up to Tawke's current capacity of
50,000 bopd in the near future.

Oslo, 3 February 2011

DNO International ASA
Corporate Communications


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