Additional Listing

Regal Petroleum PLC
26 May 2004


For Immediate Release                                              26 May 2004


                              REGAL PETROLEUM PLC
                                ('the Company')

                              Additional Listing


Pursuant to the Company's Executive Share Option Scheme, options over 4,000
Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each ('Ordinary Shares') have been exercised at a
price of 66.5 pence per Ordinary Share.

Accordingly, the Board of the Company has today allotted 4,000 Ordinary Shares
to an employee of the company.

Application has been made to the Alternative Investment Market of the London
Stock Exchange ('AIM') for the admission to trading of these 4,000 Ordinary
Shares.  These shares rank pari passu with the Company's existing Ordinary
Shares and dealings are expected to commence on 4 June 2004 on AIM.


26 May 2004



For further information, please contact:

Regal                                                       Tel: [phone]
Stephen West, Company Secretary

Buchanan Communications                                     Tel: [phone]
Bobby Morse/Catherine Miles


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