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 Performance Share Plan





The Company announces that on 30 March 2006 each of the following executive
directors were granted conditional awards over the number of ordinary shares of
10p each set out below under the terms of the Tullow Oil 2005 Performance Share
Plan.



In respect of the executive directors this notification is made in accordance
with DR 3.1.4R (1)(a) and (b).






Director                     Number of Conditional Shares Awarded  Total Conditional Shares awarded
                             30 March 2006                         under Performance Share Plan


Aidan Heavey                 219,512                               567,267
Tom Hickey                   139,885                               353,762
Graham Martin                129,125                               343,002
Matt O'Donoghue              107,604                               296,175
Paul McDade                  118,364                               306,935





The awards granted on 30 March 2006 will normally vest on 30 March 2009 subject
to continued employment and the satisfaction of performance conditions. The
figures reflect the maximum number of shares that might vest in three years time
- the actual number vesting will depend on the extent to which the performance
conditions are satisfied over the three year performance period. 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.




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