Holding(s) in Company

Regal Petroleum PLC
09 August 2007


For Immediate Release                                              9 August 2007


                              REGAL PETROLEUM PLC

                                ('the Company')


                              Holdings in Company


The Company was notified on 9 August 2007 by MF Global UK Limited, formerly Man
Financial Limited, that they have an interest in 8,605,861 of the Company's
ordinary 5p shares ('Ordinary Shares') representing 6.02 per cent. of the issued
Ordinary Share capital of the Company.


9 August 2007



For further information, please contact:

Regal                                   Tel: [phone]
Neil Ritson, CEO
Frank Scolaro, Non-Executive Chairman

Evolution Securities                    Tel: [phone]
Robert Collins






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