Holding(s) in Company

Regal Petroleum PLC
17 January 2007



Immediate Release                                              17 January 2007



                              REGAL PETROLEUM PLC
                                ('the Company')

                              Holdings in Company


The Company was notified on 17 January 2007 by Cantor Fitzgerald Europe that as
of 12 January 2007 they had an interest in 3,913,104 of the Company's ordinary
5p shares ('Ordinary Shares') representing 3.05 per cent. of the issued Ordinary
Share capital of the Company.

The Company was further notified on 17 January 2007 by Cantor Fitzgerald Europe
that as of 15 January 2007 they no longer have a disclosable interest in the
issued Ordinary Share capital of the Company.



For further information, please contact:

Regal                                                Tel: [phone]

Neil Ritson, CEO
Frank Scolaro, Non-executive Chairman




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