Re: Brochure of Particulars

Tullow Oil PLC
06 October 2004









                            BROCHURE OF PARTICULARS



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







A block listing application have been made to the UK Listing Authority and to
the Irish Stock Exchange for a total of 5,000,000 Ordinary Shares of nominal
value GB£0.10 each, in the capital of Tullow, to be admitted to the Official
List of the UK Listing Authority and the Official List of the Irish Stock
Exchange, and application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for such
shares to be admitted to trading.  These shares will be allotted from time to
time following the exercise of share options pursuant to the Tullow Oil plc 1988
Executive Share Option Scheme (1,500,000 shares), the Tullow Oil plc 1998
Executive Share Option Scheme (1,500,000 shares) and the Tullow Oil plc 2000
Executive Share Option Scheme (2,000,000 shares)









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