Tullow Oil plc Capital Markets Day

01/10/2008

1 October  2008 - Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) announces that it is hosting a Capital Markets Day today for a group of sell-side analysts.

The event will include a series of presentations on our activities in Ghana.  Copies of these presentations will be available on the Group’s website (www.tullowoil.com) from 8:30am today, 1 October 2008. A webcast of the presentations will be available on 2 October 2008 and can be accessed from the website.

No new trading information will be released during the event.

ENDS