Purchase of Own Securities

Enterprise Oil PLC
18 October 2001


Repurchase of Shares

Enterprise Oil plc announces that on 18 October 2001 it
purchased for cancellation 250,000 ordinary shares from
Cazenove & Co. Ltd, at a price of 521.4063p per ordinary
share.


Enquiries

Enterprise Oil plc
020 7925 4229
Peter Reilly   Investor Relations

Cazenove & Co. Ltd
020 7588 2828
Nicholas Hall