Retirement Of Director

Tullow Oil PLC
31 March 2008

News release





Retirement of Matthew O'Donoghue, General Manager Projects


31 March 2008 - Matthew O'Donoghue, aged 63, will retire as General Manager
Projects, and from the Board of Tullow, with effect from today.



Matthew joined Tullow in 1987 as General Manager in Senegal and was appointed to
the Board in 1998. During his career, spanning over 35 years in the oil and gas
business, he has held a number of senior management positions both in Tullow and
with Schlumberger Wireline working in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.



In recent years, as General Manager Projects, Matthew has successfully managed
Tullow's Contracts and Procurement function and guided a number of Tullow's
developments from sanction through to first production. These projects included
the Group's first offshore operated development, Horne and Wren in the UK
Southern North Sea, and most recently, gas developments in Pakistan and
Bangladesh.



Matthew will however maintain close links with Tullow in retirement and the
Group will continue to benefit from his experience and expertise through a
consultancy agreement.



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



'Matt has given outstanding service to Tullow for over 21 years.  He has been a
central figure in Tullow's growth since the first project in Senegal through to
the major development we are now commencing on the Jubilee field in Ghana. I
would like to personally thank him for the incredible commitment and dedication
he has shown during each of his roles in Tullow and for the major contribution
he has made to the success of the company. We all wish him well in retirement.'





For further information 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 100 Index. The Group has interests in over 100
exploration and production licences across 23 countries and focuses on four core
areas: Europe, Africa, South Asia and South America.



Tullow's European 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 70% of its production.



In Africa, Tullow has exploration and production in Gabon, Cote d'Ivoire,
Mauritania and Equatorial Guinea and two large appraisal and development
programmes in Ghana and Uganda. Tullow also has exploration interests in
Mauritania, Senegal, Congo (DRC), Tanzania, Madagascar, Namibia and Angola.



In South Asia, Tullow has exploration and production in Pakistan and Bangladesh
and high impact exploration activities in India.



In South America Tullow has high impact exploration interests in Trinidad and
Tobago, French Guiana and Suriname.

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




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