Additional Listing

Regal Petroleum PLC
12 April 2005


Immediate Release                                                  12 April 2005


                              REGAL PETROLEUM PLC
                                ('the Company')

                              Additional Listing


Pursuant to the Company's Executive Share Option Scheme, options over 300,000
Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each ('Ordinary Shares') have been exercised at a
price of 85.5 pence per Ordinary Share.

Accordingly, on 12 April 2005 the Board of the Company allotted 300,000 Ordinary
Shares to a former 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 300,000 Ordinary Shares.  These shares
rank pari passu with the Company's existing Ordinary Shares and dealings are
expected to commence on 19 April 2005 on AIM.


For further information, please contact:

Regal                                                      Tel: [phone]
Roger Phillips, Finance Director

Buchanan Communications                                    Tel: [phone]
Bobby Morse



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