Holding in Company

Enterprise Oil PLC
26 June 2001

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 the above holder.

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number
of shares held by each of them:

Capital Guardian Trust Company - 5,817,608

Capital International Limited - 6,000

Capital International S.A. - 39,100

Capital Research and Management Company - 8,500,000

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

Nil

6) Percentage of issued class:

N/a

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

4,588,316

8) Percentage of issued class:

0.93%

9) Class of security:

Ordinary shares of 25p each

 10) Date of transaction:

22 June 2001

11) Date company informed:

26 June 2001

12) Total holding following this notification:

14,362,708

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:

2.91%

14) Any additional information:

N/a

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Mark J. White - 020 7925 4305

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification:

Mark J White, Company Secretary

Date of notification:

26 June 2001

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