BG Group trading update First Quarter 2006

BG Group trading update First Quarter 2006
Stock Exchange Annnouncement	3 April 2006

BG Group has traded ahead of market expectations in the first quarter of 2006, due to the strong performance of its LNG business.

The LNG business segment is expected to report a first quarter operating profit of not less than £130 million. The LNG shipping and marketing business managed 40 cargoes in the quarter of which approximately two thirds were sold into markets outside of the USA. This is due to very strong seasonal demand and higher realized prices in Japan and Europe.

The Group’s E&P, T&D and Power businesses have, together, traded broadly in line with market expectations.

BG Group’s first quarter results will be announced on 3 May 2006.

Notes to Editors:

BG Group plc is a global natural gas business. Active on five continents in over 20 countries, it operates four business segments – Exploration and Production, LNG, Transmission and Distribution and Power.

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There are matters discussed in this media information that are forward looking statements. Such statements are only predictions and actual events or results may differ materially. For a discussion of important factors which could cause actual results to differ from the forward looking statements, refer to the Company's annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2005.

Cautionary note to US investors - The United States Securities and Exchange Commission permits oil and gas companies, in their filings with the SEC, to disclose only proved reserves that a company has demonstrated by actual production or conclusive formation tests to be economically and legally producible under existing economic and operating conditions. We use certain terms in this press release such as "proved and probable reserves", "initial reserves" and "unbooked resources", that the SEC's guidelines strictly prohibit us from including in filings with the SEC. US investors are urged to consider closely the disclosure in our Form 20-F, File No. 1-09337, available from us at BG Group, 100 Thames Valley Park Drive, Reading RG6 1PT. You may read and copy this information at the SEC's public reference room, located at 100 F Street, NE, Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. This filing is also avail able at the internet website maintained by SEC at http://www.sec.gov.