Holding(s) in Company

Regal Petroleum PLC
13 April 2007


For Immediate Release                                              13 April 2007

                              REGAL PETROLEUM PLC
                                ('the Company')

                              Holdings in Company

The Company was notified on 12 April 2007 by Man Financial Limited that they
have an interest in 15,375,663 of the Company's ordinary 5p shares ('Ordinary
Shares') representing 11.91 per cent. of the issued Ordinary Share capital of
the Company.

12 April 2007


For further information, please contact:

Regal                                   Tel: [phone]
Neil Ritson, CEO
Frank Scolaro, Non-executive Chairman




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