Holding(s) in Company

Regal Petroleum PLC
15 July 2005


For Immediate Release                                               15 July 2005

                              REGAL PETROLEUM PLC
                                ('the Company')

                              Holdings in Company

In order to clarify his interests in the Company's ordinary 5p shares ('Ordinary
Shares'), Mr Frank Timis has confirmed to the Company that he remains interested
in 9,080,887 Ordinary Shares representing 7.07% of the Company's issued share
capital. Further details of this information is set out in the Company's
recently published Annual Report for the year ending 31 December 2004.

For further information, please contact:

Regal                                              Tel: [phone]
Roger Phillips, Finance Director

Buchanan Communications                            Tel: [phone]
Bobby Morse


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