Holding(s) in Company

Tullow Oil PLC
05 February 2004

                 Tullow Oil plc ('Tullow Oil' or the 'Company')

                              Holdings in Company

Tullow Oil was notified on 4 February, 2004 that Lansdowne Partners Limited
Partnership no longer has a notifiable interest in the share capital of the
Company.


5 February 2004


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