Holding(s) in Company

Regal Petroleum PLC
07 April 2004


Immediate Release                                                 7 April 2004


                      Regal Petroleum plc ('the Company')

                               Holding in Company

The Company was notified on 7th April 2004 by FMR Corp. and its direct and
indirect subsidiaries, and Fidelity International Limited (FIL) and its direct
and indirect subsidiaries, both being non-beneficial holders (hereafter referred
to as 'Fidelity'), that Fidelity now has an interest in 6,378,227 of the
Company's ordinary 5p shares ('Ordinary Shares'), representing 5.55 per cent. of
the issued Ordinary Share capital.



For further information, please contact:


Regal                                                         Tel: [phone]
Stephen West, Company Secretary


Buchanan Communications                                       Tel: [phone]
Bobby Morse / Catherine Miles




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