Holding in Company

Enterprise Oil PLC
16 November 2001

16 November 2001



SCHEDULE 10

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company: Enterprise Oil plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest:

CGNU plc

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 and its subsidiary Morley Fund Management
Limited.

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

BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited - 6,102,494

Chase GA Group Nominees Limited - 5,047,874

Hibernian Investment Managers Limited - 10,469

CUIM Nominee Limited - 3,439,292


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

1,407,516


6) Percentage of issued class:

0.29%


7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

Nil


8) Percentage of issued class:

N/a


9) Class of security:

Ordinary shares of 25p each


10) Date of transaction:

14 November 2001


11) Date company informed:

16 November 2001


12) Total holding following this notification:

14,600,129


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

3.04%


14) Any additional information:


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:

16 November 2001

END