Additional Listing

Regal Petroleum PLC
17 August 2004


Immediate Release                                                17 August 2004

                              REGAL PETROLEUM PLC
                                ('the Company')

                               Additional Listing

Pursuant to the Company's Executive Share Option Scheme, options over 100,000
Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each ('Ordinary Shares') have been exercised at a
price of 101.5 pence per Ordinary Share.

Accordingly, the Board of the Company allotted 100,000 Ordinary Shares to an
employee of the Company.

Application has been made to the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange ('AIM')
for the admission to trading of these 100,000 Ordinary Shares. These shares rank
pari passu with the Company's existing Ordinary Shares and dealings are expected
to commence on 20 August 2004 on AIM.


17 August 2004


For further information, please contact:

Regal                                              Tel: [phone]

Chris Phillips, Company Secretary

Buchanan Communications                            Tel: [phone]
Bobby Morse


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