Holding(s) in Company

Regal Petroleum PLC
02 October 2006






Immediate Release                                           2 October 2006

                              REGAL PETROLEUM PLC

                                ('the Company')

                              Holdings in Company


The Company was notified on 2 October 2006 by Cantor Fitzgerald Europe that they
have an interest in 5,098,868 of the Company's ordinary 5p shares ('Ordinary
Shares') representing 3.97 per cent. of the issued Ordinary Share capital of the
Company.


2 October 2006



For further information, please contact:

Regal                                               Tel: [phone]
Roger Phillips, Finance Director







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