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Exhibit 99

                                                                 PR NEWSWIRE

                 NORTH EUROPEAN OIL ROYALTY TRUST ANNOUNCES
           THE DISTRIBUTION FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF FISCAL 2010


Red Bank, N.J.  April 28, 2010    The Trustees of North European Oil Royalty
Trust (NYSE-NRT) today announced a quarterly distribution of $0.51 per unit
for the second quarter of fiscal 2010, payable on May 26, 2010 to holders of
record on May 14, 2010.  Royalties attributable to the sale of natural gas
are the primary source of income for the Trust.

In the second fiscal quarter of 2009, as in prior years, the Trust received
adjustments from the operating companies based on their final calculations
of royalties payable during the previous calendar year.  Beginning in 2010,
however, such prior year adjustments will be delayed until September.
Accordingly, no adjustment was received in the second quarter of fiscal 2010.
During the second quarter of fiscal 2009, the Trust received the equivalent
of $0.1090 per unit in prior year adjustments and a one-time adjustment of
$0.1013 per unit which resulted from the examination of the operating
companies for the period 2005-2006 and extending into 2007.

John R. Van Kirk, Managing Director, reported that this year's quarterly
distribution of $0.51 was 48.48% lower than the distribution of $0.99 for the
second quarter of fiscal 2009.  At this time, in comparison to the second
quarter of fiscal 2009, the Trust's preliminary information for the quarter
just ended indicates that gas prices and gas sales were lower, although
average exchange rates were higher.  However, in comparison to the first
quarter of fiscal 2010, gas prices continued to show improvement.  Further
details will be available in the Trust's net income press release scheduled
for publication on or about May 14, 2010.

The 12-month cumulative distribution, which includes this May distribution
and the three prior quarterly distributions, is $1.97 per unit.  This
12-month cumulative distribution is 50.38% or $2.00 per unit lower than the
prior 12-month distribution of $3.97 per unit. The Trust makes quarterly
distributions to unit owners during the months of February, May, August and
November.

Based on information received from the operating companies, the Trust
anticipates combined royalty receipts of Euro 1,204,247 in each of May and
June.  At the current exchange rate of 1.329, this would represent gross
royalty income of $1,600,444 per month and would be the equivalent of $0.174
per unit for the first two months of the Trust's third fiscal quarter.  These
figures can only be approximate due to changing Euro/dollar exchange rates.

Contact --  John R. Van Kirk, Managing Director, telephone:  (732) 741-4008,
e-mail: jvankirk@neort.com.  The text of the Trust's press releases along
with other pertinent information is available at the Trust's website:
www.neort.com.