Holding(s) in Company

Regal Petroleum PLC
01 August 2007


For Immediate Release                                              1 August 2007


                              REGAL PETROLEUM PLC

                                ('the Company')


                              Holdings in Company


The Company was notified on 31 July 2007 by Man Financial Limited that they have
an interest in 8,698,482 of the Company's ordinary 5p shares ('Ordinary Shares')
representing 6.08 per cent. of the issued Ordinary Share capital of the Company.


31 July 2007



For further information, please contact:

Regal                                   Tel: [phone]
Neil Ritson, CEO
Frank Scolaro, Non-Executive Chairman

Evolution Securities                    Tel: [phone]
Robert Collins






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