Holding in Company

Enterprise Oil PLC
18 October 2000



Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
Enterprise Oil plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
The Capital Group Companies, Inc.

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18:
In respect of holder above

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
Capital Research and Management Company 19,300,000
Capital Guardian Trust Company          11,895,965
Capital International, S.A.              4,468,570
Capital International Limited            3,993,838
Capital International, Inc.                 22,300

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
Nil

6   Percentage of issued class:
n/a

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
4,541,575

8   Percentage of issued class:
0.91%

9   Class of security:
Ordinary shares of 25 pence each

10  Date of transaction:
13 and 16 October 2000

11  Date company informed:
18 October 2000

12  Total holding following this notification:
39,680,673

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
7.95%

14  Contact name for queries:
M J White

15 Contact telephone number:
020 7925 4236

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
M J White, Deputy Company Secretary

17  Date of notification:
18 October 2000





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