Holding(s) in Company

Regal Petroleum PLC
27 January 2005


For Immediate Release                                            27 January 2005

                              REGAL PETROLEUM PLC
                                ('the Company')

                              Holdings in Company


The Company was notified on 26 January 2005 by Morgan Stanley Securities
Limited, ('MSSL') that, following a purchase of the Company's ordinary 5p shares
('Ordinary Shares'), MSSL has an interest in 7,557,666 Ordinary Shares
representing 6.49 per cent. of the issued Ordinary Share capital of the Company.


For further information, please contact:

 Regal                                                       Tel: [phone]
 Chris Phillips, Company Secretary

 Buchanan Communications                                     Tel: [phone]
 Bobby Morse



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