TTL Tigertel Communications (Tier2)

Tethys Petroleum Limited ("Tethys" or the "Company")(TSX:TPL) today announced that:

- The Company had created history in Dushanbe today when Tethys' CEO Dr David
Robson and Gul Sherali, the Minister of Energy and Industry of the Republic of
Tajikistan (the State Authorised Body of the Tajik Government), signed the first
ever Production Sharing Contract (PSC) awarded in Tajikistan.


- The awarding of the PSC was the culmination of many months of close
collaboration between Tethys personnel and the Tajikistan government.


- The final area awarded to Tethys' subsidiary Kulob Petroleum Limited ("KPL")
under the PSC is almost four times the size that was originally under
discussion. The total net area covered under the PSC is approximately 34,785 km2
(8.6 million acres). The area under the PSC (The "PSC Area") is in the
south-western part of Tajikistan and surrounds and includes the original Kulob
Area, a large highly prospective region which has existing oil and gas
discoveries but which has seen limited exploration to date. The PSC Area
includes the Khatlon Region and the area around the capital city, Dushanbe and
includes more than 50 different prospective structures which have already been
identified in the area by Tajik Geology.


- Tethys believes that the PSC Area has considerable potential for oil and gas
condensate. The area includes almost the entire Tajik portion of the
Afghan-Tajik basin, an extension of the prolific Amu Darya basin which contains
giant and supergiant gas and gas condensate fields in nearby Turkmenistan and
Uzbekistan.


- A proven hydrocarbon system exists in the PSC Area but only limited
exploration has taken place in the past. Several reservoir horizons are present
and both sweet light oil and gas condensate has been produced. Salt tectonics
dominate the southern part of the area where numerous salt domes provide the
potential for substantial hydrocarbon traps. Figures produced by the US
Geological Survey in 2006 estimate the mean unrisked resources for the Afghan
portion of the Afghan-Tajik basin (which lies to the south of the PSC Area), to
be some 1.5 billion barrels of oil, 8.1 trillion cubic feet (230 billion cubic
metres) of gas and 370 million barrels of Natural Gas Liquids.


- The PSC Area includes several oil and gas condensate discoveries and KPL will
carry out both appraisal and rehabilitation of these deposits as well as
exploration for new targets. The rehabilitation activities are aimed at
establishing early cash flow whilst exploring for high potential deeper
prospects.


- Under the Production Sharing Contract KPL will recover 100% of its costs from
up to 70% of total production (the maximum allowed under the newly approved
production sharing legislation of Tajikistan) and the remaining production
(termed "Profit Oil and Gas") will be shared 70% to KPL and 30% to the
Government whose share includes all taxes, levies and duties.


- The terms are fixed over the life of the PSC which is twenty-five years, and
the Government has certain obligations to fulfil during the next month to bring
it into effect. Amendments to certain legislation have now been passed by both
houses of the Tajik Parliament and are expected to be brought into law
imminently.


- KPL is currently 100% owned by Tethys Tajikistan Limited ("TTL"), a wholly
owned subsidiary of Tethys.


- Tethys previously announced it is taking a 49% partner in its Tajik projects
and signed a Shareholder Agreement at the end of 2007. Under the Agreement TTL
and the investment company Sangam Limited ("Sangam") have formed a joint company
named "Seven Stars Energy Corporation" ("SSEC") owned and funded 51% by TTL and
49% by Sangam. This process is nearly complete and the ownership of KPL will
then be transferred to SSEC.


Gul Sherali, The Minister of Energy of Tajikistan, said, "On behalf of the
Ministry of Energy I am very pleased to sign the first ever Production Sharing
Contract in Tajikistan with Kulob Petroleum Limited. The area covered by the
contract is extremely prospective with much potential for both early oil and gas
production and exploration for larger deposits. We look forward to working with
our new partners in the development of the oil and gas industry in Tajikistan."


Dr. David Robson, Chief Executive Officer of Tethys "We are delighted to become
the first oil and gas company to sign a Production Sharing Contract in
Tajikistan. This contract, with fixed terms for twenty-five years, allows us to
now move forward with an increased capital program in this prospective area of
south-western Tajikistan. We believe this area to have excellent potential for
both early production in the shallower levels as well as large exploration
potential deeper down. The same basin is a prolific producer in the adjacent
areas in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, but has been relatively under-explored in
this area in the past. Our patience, and close work with the Government of
Tajikistan, has resulted in obtaining the rights to a much larger area than was
first discussed. We would like to thank the Government of Tajikistan for
awarding us the first ever PSC in their country. We now intend to commence a
seismic program this summer and drilling works later on in the year with the aim
of both commencing early cash flow from existing deposits and exploring for
potentially large oil and gas deposits."


Tethys is focused on oil and gas exploration and production activities in
Central Asia with activities currently in the Republic of Kazakhstan and in the
Republic of Tajikistan. This highly prolific oil and gas area is rapidly
developing and Tethys believes that significant potential exists in both
exploration and in discovered deposits.


This press release contains "forward-looking information" which may include, but
is not limited to, statements with respect to our operations. Such forward
looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and
are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including, the
risks and uncertainties outlined under the section titles "Risk Factors and
Uncertainties" in our prospectus (available at www.sedar.com). Should one or
more of these risks materialise, or should underlying assumptions prove
incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, believed,
estimated or expected.


Tethys Petroleum Limited is registered in Guernsey, Channel Islands with
registered number 41075 and is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) with
the symbol "TPL" and on the RFCA in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

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