Director/PDMR Shareholding

Regal Petroleum PLC
29 March 2006


For Immediate Release                                              29 March 2006

                              REGAL PETROLEUM PLC

                                ('the Company')

                         Purchase of Shares by Director

The Company was notified today that on 28 March 2006 and 29 March 2006, Mr Paul
J Morgan, the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, purchased a total
of 100,000 ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the capital of the Company
('Ordinary Shares') at an average price of 79 pence each. This represents Mr
Morgan's entire shareholding and represents 0.08 per cent of the Company's
issued Ordinary Share capital.

For further information, please contact:

Regal                                                 Tel: [phone]
Roger Phillips, Group Finance Director

Buchanan Communications                               Tel: [phone]
Bobby Morse / Ben Willey





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