EXHIBIT 99.1



                  TRITON ANNOUNCES $300 MILLION NOTES OFFERING

DALLAS, TEXAS - September 22, 2000 - Triton Energy Limited (NYSE: OIL) announces
that  it  intends to sell $300 million of senior notes in an offering within the
United States to qualified institutional investors and outside the United States
to  non-U.S.  investors.

Triton intends to use the proceeds to refinance its $200 million 8 3/4 % Senior
Notes  due 2002, as well as for capital expenditures and other general corporate
purposes.

This  announcement  is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation to buy any of
these  securities.

The  securities to be offered will not be registered under the Securities Act of
1933,  as  amended  (the  "Securities  Act"),  or any state securities laws, and
unless  so  registered,  may  not be offered or sold in the United States except
pursuant  to  an  exemption  from,  or  in  a  transaction  not  subject to, the
registration  requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities
laws.

                                      # # #

Investor  Contact: Crystal  C.  Bell,  Director, Investor Relations and
                   Corporate  Communications
                   Triton  Energy
                   (214)  691-5200

Media  Contact:    Mark  Semer
                   Kekst  and  Company
                   (212)  521-4802