Directors' Dealings

BURMAH CASTROL PLC
21 July 1999


Continuing Obligations - Burmah Castrol plc

Burmah Castrol plc hereby gives notice pursuant to Section 329 of the Companies
Act 1985 that each of the directors listed below by virtue of his being one of
the potential beneficiaries of the Burmah Castrol plc Employee Share Trust
(the 'Share Trust'), he, together with other employees in the Burmah Castrol
Group folowing the exercise of Executive Share Options by employees of the
Company has become interested in the number of Ordinary 42p shares of Burmah
Castrol plc detailed in paragraph (b) below.

(a) Directors who are potential beneficiaries of the Share Trust are listed
    below:-

    Mr. T.E.P. Stevenson, Mr. B. Hardy, Mr. M.B. Dearden and Mr. J.R.P. Pike.

(b) Transactions notified in relation to the Share Trust are detailed below:

    Date of             No. of Ordinary               Exercise
    Transaction         Shares Exercised              Price

    13.7.99              1,192                         981p

    20.7.99             20,036                        1083p

    TOTAL               21,228

(c) Following the above transactions, the number of Ordinary Shares of 42p each
    in Burmah Castrol plc held by the Trustee of the Share Trust is now
    2,776,480.

(d) In respect of the 2,776,480 ordinary shares referred to in paragraph (c)
    above, options have been granted to the above-named directors over a total
    of 356,973 of such shares and options have been granted to other 
    participants in the Share Trust over 2,419,507 of such shares.