Holding(s) in Company

Regal Petroleum PLC
15 June 2005


Immediate Release                                                   15 June 2005

                              REGAL PETROLEUM PLC
                                ('the Company')

                              Holdings in Company

The Company was notified on 14 June 2005 by Merrill Lynch Investment Managers
Group Limited that they have an interest in 16,402,260 of the Company's ordinary
5p shares ('Ordinary Shares'), representing 12.76 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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