Holding(s) in Company

Enterprise Oil PLC
8 May 2002


NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES:

1)Name of company:

Enterprise Oil plc



2)Name of shareholder having a major interest:

Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, The 'Shell' Transport and Trading Company

p.l.c., The Shell Petroleum Company Limited and Shell Resources P.L.C.



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 holders and their subsidiaries.



4)Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of

shares held by each of them:



Shell Resources P.L.C.                       367,371,089



5)Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

230,205,053



6)Percentage of issued class:

47.85%



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:

7 May 2002 as a result of the offer on behalf of Shell Resources P.L.C. being
declared unconditional.



11) Date company informed:

8 May 2002



12)Total holding following this notification:

367,371,089



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

76.4%



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:

8 May 2002


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