RNS Number:6813S
Venture Production PLC
18 April 2008


                    Venture Production plc (the "Company")


Purchase of Shares by Venture Production plc IOM Employee Benefit Trust (the
Trust)


Venture Production plc announces that it was notified on 18 April 2008 that the
Trust had acquired the following shares:


   *43,983 ordinary shares of �0.004 pence in the Company at 696.1 pence per
    share on 16 April 2008; and
   *27,195 ordinary shares of �0.004 pence in the Company at 698.6 pence per
    share on 17 April 2008


The Company's shares held by the Trust are used to satisfy awards in the
Company's Long Term Share Incentive Plans, Annual Deferred Share Bonus Plan and
Employee Annual Bonus Plan.


The Executive Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility are
potential beneficiaries of the Trust and are deemed to be interested in the
shares held by the Trust.


Following this transaction the Trust retains an interest in 1,088,049 shares,
representing

0.75 % of the Company's issued ordinary share capital.





Contact:

Simon N Waite
Company Secretary

Tel: 01224 619000

18 April 2008




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