Management Changes

Regal Petroleum PLC
16 January 2007




Immediate Release                                                16 January 2007


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

                               Management Changes

It is with regret that the Company announces the resignation of Roger Phillips
as Finance Director. Roger has been a Director and Chief Financial Officer of
Regal since September 2004 and having continued to support Regal through a
difficult period in its history Mr Phillips will now step down as Finance
Director with immediate effect. Roger will remain with the Company as Senior
Advisor to the Board.

The Company also announces the appointment of Gordon Stein as Chief Financial
Officer with effect from 15th January 2007. Mr. Stein, aged 47, is a member of
the Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy (CPFA) and member of the
UK Institute of Directors. Gordon was previously Head of Finance & Company
Secretary with Fairfield Energy Limited, an upstream oil company focused on the
North Sea, where he was one of the founders. Before Fairfield, Gordon was a
founder and Finance Director of Acorn Oil & Gas Limited from June 2001 to
November 2005. He has also held senior financial and operational management
positions for BG plc, Centrica plc, Monument Oil & Gas plc and LASMO plc, where
he gained experience of working in a variety of countries including Tunisia,
Venezuela, Algeria and Turkmenistan, and latterly as Interim CFO of Sierra Leone
Diamond Company Limited. In total, Gordon has over 17 years' experience in the
upstream oil and gas sector in the UK and internationally.

Commenting on the management changes, Neil Ritson, Chief Executive Officer, said:

'I am delighted to be able to announce the appointment of Gordon who has been 
involved in a significant number of oil and gas transactions, and has built an
excellent relationship and reputation with auditors, banks, financial institutions 
and investors.  Gordon has a deep understanding of the oil and gas sector and his 
experience will bring immediate value to Regal.'

For further information, please contact:

Regal                                                Tel: [phone]
Neil Ritson, Chief Executive Officer
Frank Scolaro, Chairman

In accordance with Rule 17 of the AIM Rules, Mr Stein's disclosures in relation
to directorships and partnerships held in the past five years are as follows:-

• Acorn Oil & Gas Limited
• Acorn North Sea Limited *
• Acorn Ginko Ltd
• Bookham Energy Limited
• Fairfield Acer Limited
• Fairfield Betula Limited
• Fairfield Cedrus Limited
• Fairfield Fagus Limited
• Quadrant Hydrocarbons Limited
• Sierra Leone Diamond Company Limited *
• SLDC (UK) Limited *

* denotes those companies of which Mr Stein is currently a director. Mr. Stein
has tendered his resignation as a director of Acorn North Sea Limited.

Save as disclosed in this announcement, Mr Stein has confirmed that there are no
further disclosures required pursuant to Rule 17 and Schedule Two paragraph (g)
of the AIM Rules.




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