Director's Awards

Tullow Oil PLC 03 April 2006 Tullow Oil plc 3 April 2006 Tullow Oil plc ('Tullow' or 'the Company') Awards of Shares under the Company's 2005 Deferred Share Bonus Plan Under new annual bonus arrangements agreed in 2005, part of the annual performance related bonus of the executive directors of Tullow is satisfied by the award of shares under the Tullow Oil 2005 Deferred Share Bonus Plan (' Plan'). The Company announces in respect of the 2005 annual bonus that, on 30 March 2006, each of the following executive directors were granted awards over the number of ordinary shares of 10p each set out below under the terms of the Plan. In respect of the executive directors this notification is made in accordance with DR 3.1.4R (1)(a) and (b). Number of Deferred Share Bonus Plan shares awarded 30 March 2006 Aidan Heavey 20,988 Tom Hickey 12,908 Graham Martin 12,908 Matthew O'Donoghue 13,177 Paul McDade 19,806 The awards will normally vest on 1 January 2009 subject to continued employment. No consideration was paid for any of the awards and no consideration is due on vesting. The Company was informed by the executive directors of the above transactions on 31 March 2006 Enquiries Tom Hickey Tullow Oil plc + 44 208 996 1000 This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of The Irish Stock Exchange. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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