Holding(s) in Company

Regal Petroleum PLC
20 August 2007


For Immediate Relase                                              20 August 2007


                              REGAL PETROLEUM PLC

                                ('the Company')

                              Holdings in Company


The Company was notified on 20 August 2007 by MF Global UK Limited that they
have an interest in 8,642,719 of the Company's ordinary 5p shares ('Ordinary
Shares') representing 6.04 per cent. of the issued Ordinary Share capital of the
Company.


20 August 2007



For further information, please contact:

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

Evolution Securities                    Tel: [phone]
Robert Collins






                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange