3 May 2022

Jersey Oil and Gas plc

("Jersey Oil & Gas" or the "Company")

Grant of Share Options

Jersey Oil & Gas (AIM: JOG), an independent upstream oil and gas company focused on the UK Continental Shelf ("UKCS") region of the North Sea, announces that, on 29 April 2022, it granted options over, in aggregate, 990,000 ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to directors, senior management and employees at an exercise price of 230 pence per Ordinary Share (the "Options"), being the middle market closing price on 29 April 2022, the latest practicable date prior to this announcement.

Accordingly, a total of 3,594,002 option awards are outstanding following these latest grants, which represents approximately 11.0 per cent. of the Company's existing issued share capital of 32,554,293 Ordinary Shares.

Executive Directors

The following new Options have been granted to Executive Directors and/or Officers of the Company:

The new Options set out in the table above for Executive Directors and/or Officer's all vest in three equal tranches (one, two and three years from the date of grant) and are subject to the satisfaction of certain performance conditions to be determined and interpreted at the discretion of the Remuneration Committee. Subject to vesting and such performance conditions being met, the new Options are exercisable for up to seven years from their date of grant and will lapse if not exercised by such date.

Non-Executive Directors

The following new Options have been granted to Non-Executive Directors of the Company:

The new Options set out in the table above for Non-Executive Directors all vest in three equal tranches (one, two and three years from the date of grant) and have no performance conditions.  Subject to vesting, the new Options are exercisable for up to five years from their date of grant and will lapse if not exercised by such date.

Senior Management and Employees

A further 265,000 new Options, in aggregate, have been granted to certain other members of senior management and employees at the same exercise price of 230 pence per Ordinary Share.

Enquiries:

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms part of United Kingdom domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended.

PDMR Notification Forms:

The notifications below are made in accordance with the requirements of MAR.

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