Holding in Company

Enterprise Oil PLC
19 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:

HBOS 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 subsidiaries.

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

Chase Nominees Limited - 511,501

Chase Nominees Limited Account CMIG115 - 154,789

Chase Nominees Limited Account CMIG129 - 33,292

Chase Nominees Limited Account CMIG144 - 135,482

Chase Nominees Limited Account CMIG169 - 55,480

Chase Nominees Limited Account CMIG170 - 8,556

Chase Nominees Limited Account CMIG173 - 14,263

Chase Nominees Limited Account CMIG176 - 55,948

Chase Nominees Limited Account CMIG179 - 47,200

Chase Nominees Limited Account CMIG180 - 19,214

Chase Nominees Limited Account CMIG188 - 12,724

Chase Nominees Limited Account CMIG194 - 3,241

Chase Nominees Limited Account CMIG195 - 85,593

Chase Nominees Limited Account CMIG211 - 192,459

Chase Nominees Limited Account CMIG2314 - 1,312,400

Chase Nominees Limited Account CMIG2343 - 90,000

Chase Nominees Limited Account T22334 - 50,691

Chase Nominees Limited Account T19793 - 6,000

Chase Nominees Limited Account T22618 - 17,000

Chase Nominees Limited Account CMIG Main - 4,511,000

State Street Nominees Limited - 50,067

Morgan Nominees Limited - 2,142,553

Bank of New York Nominees Limited Account 683004 - 129,200

Bank of New York Nominees Limited Account 683013 - 7,586

HSBC Global Nominees (UK) Limited Account 872859 - 336,300

HSBC Global Nominees (UK) Limited Account 872860 - 143,700

HSBC Global Nominees (UK) Limited - 1,658,500

HSBC Global Nominees (UK) Limited Account 823861 - 96,300

HSBC Global Nominees (UK) Limited Account 823770 - 662,500

HSBC Global Nominees (UK) Limited Account 823575 - 870,000

HSBC Global Nominees (UK) Limited Account 823721 - 58,000

HSBC Global Nominees (UK) Limited Account 823733 - 43,000

CMI UK Equity Fund - 233,590

CMI UK Tracker Fund - 15,160

Pershing Keen Nominees Limited - 6,045

Equitable Life Assurance Society - 1,118,692



5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

Not disclosed

6) Percentage of issued class:

N/a

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:

15 November 2001

11) Date company informed:

19 November 2001

12) Total holding following this notification:

14,888,026

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

3.10%

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:

19 November 2001

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