Directors' Notification of Dealing in Shares

Enterprise Oil PLC
20 June 2000


SHARE OPTION EXERCISES BY EMPLOYEES

We have today been notified by the Trustee of the Enterprise Oil Employee
Worldwide Benefit Trust, of a transfer out of the trust of 35,239 ordinary
shares in the capital of the company following the exercise of share options
by four employees.  All of the ordinary shares were sold in the market today
at 501.50 pence per share.

The Directors, A R Armour, I G Craig, Sir Graham Hearne, P H Jungels, A B
Shilston and K P Watts, as holders of share options, have a potential interest
in the shares held by the trust.