5 0000061398 Magellan Petroleum Corporation 1 U.S. Dollars 9-MOS JUN-30-1997 JUL-01-1996 MAR-31-1997 1 12,203,348 946,946 1,732,372 0 282,397 15,165,063 73,032,381 28,213,108 60,503,105 2,470,482 0 0 0 248,512 23,533,512 60,503,105 13,965,661 15,743,890 0 8,957,404 2,394,971 0 40,216 4,391,515 2,754,292 1,637,223 0 0 0 1,637,223 0.07 0.07