Management Change

Tullow Oil PLC
16 February 2006

News release


Tullow Oil plc - Senior Management Changes


16 February 2006 - Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) announces the following forthcoming
senior management changes.

RETIREMENT OF ADRIAN NEL (63), EXPLORATION DIRECTOR

Adrian Nel will retire as Exploration Director, and from the Board of Tullow,
with effect from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting on 31 May 2006.

Adrian was appointed as Exploration Director and to the Board in September 2004
following the acquisition of Energy Africa. During his career, spanning over 30
years in the E&P business, Adrian has held a number of senior management
positions including General Manager of Gencor's Oil and Gas Division, General
Manager of Engen's Exploration Division and, from 1996 to 2004, Technical
Director of Energy Africa.

While with Energy Africa, Adrian built a very strong technical team and
developed an extensive portfolio of exploration and development assets. These
included some of the most prominent exploration discoveries and development
projects in Africa, most notably the Ceiba field in Equatorial Guinea and the
M'Boundi field in Congo (Brazzaville); today these fields represent 19% of
Tullow's worldwide reserves.

Since joining Tullow, Adrian has been instrumental in integrating and expanding
the Group's exploration portfolio across all three core areas and has overseen a
successful exploration programme, both in established hydrocarbon basins and in
high impact frontier areas.


APPOINTMENT OF ANGUS McCOSS (44), GENERAL MANAGER EXPLORATION

Angus McCoss has been appointed to the new role of General Manager Exploration
and will join the Group at the end of April. In this role, Angus will be
responsible for the implementation of Tullow's exploration programmes, the
continued growth and renewal of the Group's acreage portfolio and the ongoing
development of Tullow's worldwide technical team.

Angus has 19 years of wide-ranging exploration experience, working with Shell in
Africa, Europe, South America and the Middle East. Angus has held a number of
senior positions within Shell, most recently as the General Manager of
Exploration in Nigeria, where he has been responsible for Shell's onshore, shelf
and deep-water exploration throughout the country.

Angus has a First Class Honours degree in Geology from the University of Dundee
and a BP sponsored PhD in Structural Geology from the University of Belfast.

Commenting today, Aidan Heavey, Chief Executive of Tullow said:

'Adrian has had a highly successful career in the E&P business and Tullow has
been fortunate to benefit from his extensive knowledge and technical leadership.
It has been a great pleasure to work with Adrian and I would like to thank him
personally for his contribution to Tullow's exploration success and for his
efforts to ensure a seamless integration of the Energy Africa exploration
portfolio. We wish him well in the future.

I am delighted to welcome Angus McCoss as the Group's head of exploration at an
exciting time in Tullow's development. Angus brings a wealth of international
exploration experience to the Group and we look forward to working with him as
Tullow continues to grow.'


If you have any questions on this announcement please contact:


Tullow Oil plc               Citigate Dewe Rogerson         Murray Consultants
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Tom Hickey                   Martin Jackson                 Joe Murray
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Notes to Editors

Tullow is a leading independent oil & gas, exploration and production group,
quoted on the London and Irish Stock Exchanges (symbol: TLW) and is a
constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The Group has interests in approximately 90
production and exploration licences in 16 countries and focuses on three core
areas: NW Europe, West Africa and South Asia.

Tullow's NW Europe interests are primarily focused on gas in the UK Southern
North Sea where it has significant interests in the Caister-Murdoch System and
the Thames/Hewett areas and operates over 60% of its production.

In Africa, Tullow has production and exploration in Gabon, Cote d'Ivoire, Congo
(Brazzaville) and Equatorial Guinea. Tullow also has exploration programmes in
Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Cameroon, Uganda and Angola.

In South Asia, Tullow has production and exploration interests in Pakistan,
exploration and development activities in Bangladesh and exploration activities
in India.

For further information please refer to our website at www.tullowoil.com


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