2010-03-18 11:18:07 -

PA Resources announced today that it has awarded a contract to CGGVeritas
Services SA for 2D seismic acquisition in the PA Resources operated Block 8,
offshore West Greenland.

PA Resources holds an 87.5% interest in the license in partnership with
Greenland's national oil company, NunaOil AS, which holds the remaining 12.5%.
The acquisition of up to around 6,300 kilometres of 2D seismic data on a 2 by 4
kilometre grid offshore West Greenland is planned, commencing in June 2010 and
expected to take some 8 to 10 weeks to acquire.

Following award of this contract, PA Resources will lodge the acquisition permit
application with the Greenlandic authorities, including a comprehensive
environmental impact assessment demonstrating that the environmental
impact of the survey is anticipated to be negligible.

The operation will be conducted under   the management of PA Resources'
subsidiary, PA Resources UK Limited, which operates an environmental management
system certified to the international standard ISO 14001:2004, providing
assurance to stakeholders that the programme will be managed in a responsible
fashion.

- Having systematically re-processed and interpreted the various existing
vintages of historic seismic data on this large license, we are pleased to
acquire a large, modern survey on a regular grid over the substantial leads our
team has identified. West Greenland is a high risk - high potential exploration
frontier which is being actively explored by a number of large companies with
drilling further north expected to take place in 2010. PA Resources are now
moving to the next phase by acquiring seismic data to progress our leads to
prospect status, says Ulrik Jansson, President and CEO at PA Resources AB.

Stockholm 18 March, 2010

PA Resources AB (publ)

For additional information, please contact:

Ulrik Jansson
President and CEO, PA Resources AB
Phone: +46 (0)70 751 41 84
E-mail:info@paresources.se <mailto:info@paresources.se>
or

Bo Askvik
Executive Vice President and CFO, PA Resources AB
Phone: +46 (0)708 19 59 18




PA Resources AB (publ) is an international oil and gas group with the business
strategy to acquire, develop, exploit and divest oil and gas reserves, as well
as explore new findings. The Group operates in Tunisia, United Kingdom, Denmark,
Greenland, Netherlands, Equatorial Guinea and the Republic of Congo
(Brazzaville). PA Resources is one of the largest oil producers in Tunisia and
is also producing oil in the Republic of Congo. The parent company is located in
Stockholm, Sweden.

PA Resources' net sales amounted to SEK 2,113 million during 2009. The company
is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Nordic Exchange in Stockholm, Sweden (segment Mid
Cap) and on the Oslo Stock Exchange in Norway (segment OB Match). For additional
information, please visit www.paresources.se <http://www.paresources.se/>.




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