MOSCOW, April 6, 2009 -  Western Siberia Branch of BKE, an onshore drilling services division of Eurasia Drilling Company Limited (“EDC” or the “Company” - LSE: EDCL) commenced drilling operations on the first production well in Pyakyakhinskoe Field of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous region in Russia in early April 2009 for TPP Yamalneftegaz-OOO LUKOIL Zapadnaya Sibir.

Drilling is performed using Uralmash BU 3D drilling rig. Shortly BKE will commence rigging-up a  250 metric tonne Bentec HR4500 rig and a new 320 tonne SINOPEC ZJ50DB–ST drilling rig in the same field.

In 2009 BKE plans to drill over 20 000 meters of rock in Pyakyakhinskoe Field.

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EDC is the largest provider of onshore drilling services in Russia, as measured by the number of meters drilled, providing onshore integrated well construction services and workover services.  In addition, the Company provides offshore drilling services in the Caspian Sea.  The Company offers its onshore integrated well construction services and workover services to local and international oil and gas companies primarily in Russia and its offshore drilling services to Russian and international oil and gas companies in the Russian, Kazakh and Turkmen sectors of the Caspian Sea.    The Company is traded on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol “EDCL”.

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For further information, please contact:

Kim L. Kruschwitz, VP Investor Relations

+44 (0) 207 717 9707

investors.relations@eurasiadrilling.com

April 6, 2009

­­­­­Some of the views expressed in this document may constitute “forward looking statements” that involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

06 April 2009