	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 144 NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	OMB APPROVAL
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		CUSIP NUMBER

		WORK LOCATION

ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker.

1 (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)	(b) IRS IDENT. NO.	(c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
Exploration Drilling International Inc.	98-0396733	000-50459

1 (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER	STREET	CITY	STATE	ZIP CODE	(e) TELEPHONE NO.
					AREA CODE	NUMBER
Mendelstrasse 11, Technologiehof, D-48149 Munster, Germany
					49	2519802032
2 (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIESARE TO BE SOLD	(b) IRS IDENT. NO. >	(c) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER	(d) ADDRESS STREET	CITY	STATE	ZIP CODE

EDI Exploration Drilling International Holding GmbH	n/a	10% Stockholder	Goethestrasse 61, Haltern Am See, D-45721, Germany

INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.

3 (a)	(b)	SEC USE ONLY	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)
Title of the			Number of Shares	Aggregate	Number of Shares	Approximate	Name of Each
Class of	Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the	Broker-Dealer	or Other Units	Market	or Other Units	Date of Sale	Securities
Securities	Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker	File Number	To Be Sold	Value	Outstanding	(See instr. 3(f))	Exchange
To Be Sold	who is Acquiring the Securities		(See instr. 3(c))	(See instr. 3(d))	(See instr. 3(e))	(MO. DAY YR.)	(See instr. 3(g))

	National Bank AG		1,227,726	$98,218.08	123,487,724	02/14/2009	OTC Bulletin
	Theaterplatz 8			(as of February			Board
Common	45127 Essen, Germany			3, 2009)

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.	(a)	Name of issuer
	(b)	Issuer’s I.R.S. Identification Number
	(c)	Issuer’s S.E.C. file number, if any
	(d)	Issuer’s address, including zip code
	(e)	Issuer’s telephone number, including area code

2.	(a)	Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
	(b)	Such person’s I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity
	(c)	Such person’s relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10% stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)

(d)

Such person’s address, including zip code

3.	(a)	Title of the class of securities to be sold
	(b)	Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold
	(c)	Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)
	(d)	Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
	(e)	Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer
	(f)	Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
	(g)	Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.	SEC 1147 (01-07)

TABLE I –– SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold
and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:

Title of
the Class

Date you
Acquired

Nature of Acquisition Transaction

Name of Person from Whom Acquired
(If gift, also give date donor acquired)

Amount of
Securities Acquired

Date of
Payment

Nature of Payment

Common

4/26/2006

Acquired upon sale of EDI Exploration Drilling
International GmbH to issuer

Issuer

70,000,000

4/26/2006

Shares of EDI
Exploration Drilling
International GmbH

INSTRUCTIONS:	If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.

TABLE II –– SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.

Name and Address of Seller

Title of Securities Sold

Date of Sale

Amount of
Securities Sold

Gross Proceeds

Not applicable

N/A

None

Nil

REMARKS:

INSTRUCTIONS: See the definition of “person” in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all personswhose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.		ATTENTION: The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed.

February 4, 2009 _________________________________________ DATE OF NOTICE		EDI Exploration Drilling International Holding GmbH per: /s/Guenter Thiemann Guenter Thiemann, Managing Director (SIGNATURE)

The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed. Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.

ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)

SEC 1147 (01-04)

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