Notification of Interest

Regal Petroleum PLC
13 December 2006


For Immediate Release                                           13 December 2006

                              REGAL PETROLEUM PLC
                                ('the Company')

                              Holdings in Company

The Company was notified on 13 December 2006 by Man Financial Limited that they
have an interest in 18,141,762 of the Company's ordinary 5p shares ('Ordinary
Shares') representing 14.12 per cent. of the issued Ordinary Share capital of
the Company.

13 December 2006

For further information, please contact:

Regal                                   Tel: [phone]
Roger Phillips, Finance Director
Frank Scolaro, Non-executive Chairman




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