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RNS No 5102b
AVIVA PETROLEUM INC.
15th May 1998

AVIVA REPORTS 1998 FIRST QUARTER LOSS
                                       
Aviva  Petroleum  Inc. ("AVP") the Dallas based oil and  gas  exploration  and
production company, reported a net loss for the quarter ended March 31,  1998,
of  US$2,965,000 ($.09 per common share), compared to a net loss of $2,425,000
($.08 per common share) for the corresponding 1997 period.  Approximately $2.8
million of the 1998 quarterly loss was due to a non-cash write-down of oil and
gas property values, resulting from further declines in crude oil prices since
the year-end 1997.

Oil  and  gas revenues for the first quarter of 1998 were $1,146,000, compared
to  $3,214,000 in the first quarter of 1997, the reduction being mainly due to
lower  crude  oil volumes in Colombia and the U.S., compounded by  substantial
price  declines between the two periods.  Colombian oil prices averaged $12.29
per  barrel during the first quarter of 1998.  The average price for the  same
period  of  1997 was $20.35 per barrel.  The Company's average U.S. oil  price
decreased  to  $13.86  per barrel in 1998, from $21.66  per  barrel  in  1997.
Colombian  oil volumes decreased from 123,000 barrels in the first quarter  of
1997  to 75,000 barrels in the 1998 quarter, in line with production forecasts
made  at  year-end 1997 by independent engineers.  U.S. oil volumes  decreased
from  21,000  barrels  to 13,000 barrels and U.S. gas volumes  decreased  from
74,000  MCF to 14,000 MCF during the same period, due mainly to the Main  Pass
41  field  being  shut-in for approximately 60 days as a result  of  equipment
failures which necessitate upgrading and modification of production and  water
treatment facilities.

The  following Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations (unaudited) will
be  filed shortly with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as part  of
Aviva's first quarter report on Form 10-Q.

Aviva is engaged in exploration for and development and production of oil  and
gas  in Colombia and offshore in the United States.  In addition to its London
Stock Exchange listing, the Company's Depositary Receipts (one of which equals
five common shares) are traded on the American Stock Exchange under the ticker
symbol "AVV".

Further Information:

Ron Suttill                  Andrew Edwards
Aviva Petroleum Inc.         Henderson Crosthwaite
Dallas, Texas                Corporate Finance Limited
001 214 691 3464             0171 772 7081
                             
George Collie                
George Collie and Company
0171 603 7765

                                       
                     AVIVA PETROLEUM INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
                     (in thousands, except per share data)
                                  (unaudited)


                                                 Three Months Ended
                                                      March 31,
                                                                 
                                                  1998         1997
                                                            
Oil and gas sales                             $    1,146    $    3,214
                                                            
Expense:                                                    
   Production                                        799         1,102
   Depreciation, depletion and amortization          671         1,795
   Write-down of oil and gas properties            2,764         1,986
   General and administrative                        360           349
                                                            
      Total expense                                4,594         5,232
                                                            
Other income (expense):                                     
   Interest and other income (expense), net          745            24
   Interest expense                                 (165)         (166)
                                                            
      Total other income (expense)                   580          (142)
                                                            
Loss before income taxes                          (2,868)       (2,160)
                                                            
Income taxes                                          97           265
                                                            
      Net loss                                $   (2,965)   $   (2,425)
                                                            
                                                            
Weighted average common shares outstanding        31,483        31,483
                                                            
                                                            
Basic and diluted net loss per common share   $    (0.09)   $    (0.08)


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