Management Appointments

Regal Petroleum PLC
09 October 2006


For Immediate Release                                             9 October 2006


                              REGAL PETROLEUM PLC
                           ('Regal' or 'the Company')

                         Senior Management Appointments


The Company is pleased to announce that the following senior management
appointments have been made:-
     
1.   Mr Neil Ritson, who joined the Company as a Non-Executive Director in July 
     2006, has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect.
     Mr Ritson, aged 50, has had a lengthy career as an executive in the oil and 
     gas industry.  He began his career as a geophysicist with BP Plc before 
     moving through senior technical roles into executive management.
     
2.   Mr David Scott has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer of the Company 
     with immediate effect.  Mr Scott is aged 49 and has over 25 years 
     experience in operational management in the oil and gas industry.  He holds 
     a BSc in Mechanical Engineering.  He started his career with Conoco 
     spending 9 years working within drilling and engineering roles before 
     joining Enterprise Oil.  He then spent time with Hardy Oil & Gas before 
     joining Burlington Resources, where he remained for 8 years, leading to a 
     position of General Manager Drilling & Production.
     
3.   Mr Francesco Scolaro has been appointed Non-Executive Chairman of the Board 
     of Directors, having previously been a Non-Executive Director.

The composition of the Board of Directors of Regal is now as follows:-

Mr Francesco Scolaro (Non-Executive Chairman)
Mr Neil Ritson (Chief Executive Officer)
Mr Roger Phillips (Finance Director)
Lord St John of Bletso (Non-Executive Director)

For further information, please contact:

Regal                                                       Tel: [phone]
Roger Phillips, Finance Director
Francesco Scolaro, Chairman



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