Holding in Company

Enterprise Oil PLC
22 November 2000


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
Enterprise Oil plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Zurich Financial Services (UKISA) Limited, Allied Zurich Holdings Limited,
Zurich Group Holding, Allied Zurich plc and Zurich Financial Services 

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 the shareholders named above

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
Littledown Nominees Limited           Account 07207        1,500,000
Littledown Nominees Limited           Account 03449          995,000
Littledown Nominees Limited           Account 02891        9,669,753
Littledown Nominees Limited           Account 07198          253,023
Littledown Nominees Limited           Account 07205        1,075,327
Littledown Nominees Limited           Account 21688          410,530
Littledown Nominees Limited           Account 07199           97,021
Littledown Nominees Limited           Account 09890          285,188
Littledown Nominees Limited           Account 02642          460,530
Littledown Nominees Limited           Account 07201          230,796
RBSTB Nominees Limited                                       351,871



5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
not disclosed

6   Percentage of issued class:
not disclosed

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
n/a

8   Percentage of issued class:
n/a

9   Class of security:
Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each

10  Date of transaction:
21 November 2000

11  Date company informed:
22 November 2000

12  Total holding following this notification:
15,329,039

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
3.07%

14  Contact name for queries:
M J White

15 Contact telephone number:
020 7925 4305

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
M J White

17  Date of notification:
22 November 2000



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