Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:1151S
Premier Oil PLC
14 November 2003


                           SCHEDULE 10
 
             NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     Premier Oil plc

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     Lansdowne Partners Ltd Partnership

3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
     holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a 
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

     2 above

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.



5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     N/A

6)   Percentage of issued Class

     N/A

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     Undisclosed

8)   Percentage of issued Class

     Undisclosed
     
9)   Class of security

     Ordinary

10)  Date of transaction

     Undisclosed

11)  Date company informed

     13.11.03

12)  Total holding following this notification

     4,698,029
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     5.81%

14)  Any additional information

     See below

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     Lisa Parsons
     020 7730 1111

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification   MR S C HUDDLE - COMPANY SECRETARY

     Date of Notification       14 November 2003



Letter to: Premier Oil Plc
Dated 13 November 2003


I am writing to advise you that as a result of a recent sale of shares, 
Lansdowne Partners Limited Partnership, on behalf of client funds that it 
manages, controls 4,698,029 shares of Premier Oil Plc (sedol number 3356001). 
This represents 5.97% of the shares in issue.


From: Stuart Roden
      Director, Lansdowne Partners Limited


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