Holding(s) in Company

Regal Petroleum PLC
10 August 2007



For Immediate Release                                             10 August 2007


                              REGAL PETROLEUM PLC

                                ('the Company')


                              Holdings in Company


The Company was notified on 10 August 2007 by MF Global UK Limited that they
have an interest in 8,567,587 of the Company's ordinary 5p shares ('Ordinary
Shares') representing 5.99 per cent. of the issued Ordinary Share capital of the
Company.


10 August 2007


For further information, please contact:

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

Evolution Securities                    Tel: [phone]
Robert Collins






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