Directors' Notification of Dealing in Shares

Enterprise Oil PLC
7 September 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 65,986 ordinary
shares in the capital of the company following the exercise of share options
by employees.  All of the ordinary shares were sold in the market today. 
24,083 shares were sold at 598 pence per share, 1,899 were sold at 600 pence
per share, 7,440 shares were sold at 603 pence per share and the remaining
32,564 shares were sold at a price of 604 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.

I G Craig today exercised share options over a total of 26,185 ordinary shares
of 25p each in the capital of the company which were sold in the market today
at 598 pence per share. His interest has accordingly been reduced.