Holding(s) in Company

Regal Petroleum PLC
06 May 2005


Immediate Release                                                     6 May 2005

                              REGAL PETROLEUM PLC
                                ('the Company')

                              Holdings in Company

The Company was notified on 4 May 2005 by Morgan Stanley Securities Limited,
('MSSL') that, following a sale of the Company's ordinary 5p shares ('Ordinary
Shares'), MSSL has an interest in 3,968,693 Ordinary Shares representing 3.08
per cent. of the issued Ordinary Share capital of the Company.

For further information, please contact:

Regal                                              Tel: [phone]
Roger Phillips, Finance Director

Buchanan Communications                            Tel: [phone]
Bobby Morse




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