Holding(s) in Company

Regal Petroleum PLC
07 February 2007




Immediate Release                                               7 February 2007

                              REGAL PETROLEUM PLC
                                ('the Company')

                              Holdings in Company

The Company was notified on 7 February 2007 by Man Financial Limited that they
have an interest in 16,403,414 of the Company's ordinary 5p shares ('Ordinary
Shares') representing 12.75 per cent. of the issued Ordinary Share capital of
the Company.


For further information, please contact:

Regal                                                Tel: [phone]

Neil Ritson, CEO
Frank Scolaro, Non-executive Chairman




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