Holding(s) in Company

Regal Petroleum PLC
06 October 2005


Immediate Release                                                6 October 2005

                              REGAL PETROLEUM PLC
                                ('the Company')

                              Holdings in Company

The Company was notified on 5 October 2005 by Merrill Lynch Investment Managers
Group Limited that they have an interest in 15,378,701 of the Company's ordinary
5p shares ('Ordinary Shares'), representing 11.97 per cent. of the issued
Ordinary Share capital.

For further information, please contact:

Regal                                                        Tel: [phone]
Roger Phillips, Finance Director

Buchanan Communications                                      Tel: [phone]
Bobby Morse




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