RNS Number:9195L
Edinburgh Oil & Gas PLC
04 June 2003


Edinburgh Oil & Gas plc ("the Company") announces that it received notification
from Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Limited ("SWIP") that it has a
notifiable material interest in 1,819,819 Ordinary Shares of 5p each in the
Company representing approximately 4.374% of the Company's issued share capital.
The shares are registered in the name of State Street Nominees Ltd.


SWIP made this notification on behalf of Lloyds TSB Group plc, Lloyds TSB Bank
plc and Scottish Widows Group Limited who are deemed to be interested in these
shares as, like SWIP, they are all companies within the Lloyds TSB Group of
Companies.










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