Directorate Change

Petrofac Limited
05 March 2007


                                PETROFAC LIMITED

                               DIRECTORATE CHANGE

The Board of Petrofac, the international oil & gas facilities service provider,
is recommending that shareholders approve the appointment of two additional
Board directors at its Annual General Meeting to be held on 11 May 2007. If
approved by shareholders Amjad Bseisu, currently Chief Executive of Petrofac's
Resources division, and Rijnhard van Tets would join the Board on 11 May 2007.
Mr van Tets would join the Board as an independent non-executive director.

Rodney Chase, Chairman of Petrofac, commented: "We would be delighted to welcome
Rijnhard and Amjad to the Board of Petrofac. Rijnhard brings a wealth of
experience from a senior career in investment banking and Amjad has a detailed
understanding of the oil and gas market. I am sure both will make a valuable
contribution to the Board as Petrofac seeks to establish itself as the leading
international oil and gas services provider."


Biography of Mr Bseisu

Mr Bseisu (age 43) joined Petrofac in 1998 and founded the Resources' business.
Mr Bseisu previously served on the Petrofac Board before stepping down prior to
the Company's admission to listing on The London Stock Exchange. Before joining
Petrofac, Mr Bseisu spent 14 years working for the Atlantic Richfield Company
(ARCO) starting his career as senior engineer in the drilling and production
division and progressing through the organisation to become Head of
International Marketing, Negotiations and Business Development and president of
ARCO Petroleum Ventures and ARCO Crude Training, Inc.

Mr Bseisu is not currently on the board of any public company but in the past
five years has served on the board of Stratic Energy Corporation and Serica
Energy Corporation.


Biography of Mr van Tets

Mr van Tets (age 59) brings a wealth of corporate experience to the Board from a
career in investment banking. He is currently an adviser to the managing board
of ABN AMRO having previously served as a member of the managing board from 1990
to 2002. Mr van Tets occupied a number of senior executive positions at ABN
AMRO, most recently as Chairman of its Wholesale Clients and Investment Banking
Group between 1996 and 2002.

Mr van Tets is currently non-executive chairman of the boards of Wegener N.V.,
Arcadis N.V., Euronext Amsterdam N.V. and Equity Trust Holdings. In addition, he
is a non-executive director of Euronext N.V., IFF Europe and Stichting
Administratiekantoor Buhrmann N.V.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.15, it is confirmed that there are no
details to be disclosed pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13.


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For further information, contact:


Petrofac Limited                                     [phone]
Ayman Asfari, Group Chief Executive
Keith Roberts, Chief Financial Officer
Jonathan Low, Head of Investor Relations


Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial                 [phone]
Ann-marie Wilkinson
Geoff Callow


Notes to Editors

Petrofac

Petrofac is a leading international provider of facilities solutions to the oil
and gas production and processing industry, with a diverse client portfolio
including many of the world's leading integrated, independent and national oil
and gas companies. Petrofac is quoted on the London Stock Exchange (symbol: PFC)
and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

Through its three divisions, Engineering & Construction, Operations Services and
Resources, Petrofac designs and builds oil and gas facilities; operates,
maintains or manages facilities and trains personnel; and, where return criteria
are met and service revenue synergies identified, co-invests with clients and
partners. Petrofac's range of services allows it to help meet its clients' needs
across the life cycle of oil and gas assets.

With approximately 8,000 employees, Petrofac operates out of four strategically
located international centres, in Aberdeen, Sharjah, Woking and Mumbai and a
further 13 offices worldwide.  The predominant focus of Petrofac's business is
on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), Africa, the Middle East, the Commonwealth of
Independent States (CIS) and the Asia Pacific region.

For additional information, please refer to the Petrofac website at
www.petrofac.com.




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