Additional Listing

Regal Petroleum PLC
20 January 2003

For Immediate Release                                            20 January 2003

                         Regal Petroleum Plc ('Regal')

                               Additional Listing

Regal announces the issue of 150,000 Ordinary Shares of 5p each ('Ordinary
Shares') as consideration for settlement of legal proceedings with Fred Dewis, 
a former employee of Regal.

It is expected that trading in the 150,000 Ordinary Shares will commence on 
30 January 2003.


For further information, please contact:

Regal                                                       Tel: [phone]
Frank Timis, Executive Chairman
Glenn Featherby, Finance Director
Bill Humphries, Non-Executive Director

Buchanan Communications                                     Tel: [phone]
Bobby Morse / Tim Thompson



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