Holding(s) in Company

Regal Petroleum PLC
03 March 2005


For Immediate Release                                                                                       3 March 2005

                              REGAL PETROLEUM PLC
                                ('the Company')

                              Holdings in Company

The Company was notified on 3 March 2005 by Cantor Fitzgerald Europe that,
following a purchase of the Company's ordinary 5p shares ('Ordinary Shares'),
Cantor Fitzgerald Europe has an interest in 3,780,400 Ordinary Shares
representing 3.24 per cent. of the issued Ordinary Share capital of the Company.


For further information, please contact:

Regal                                                       Tel: [phone]
Roger Phillips, Finance Director

Buchanan Communications                                     Tel: [phone]
Bobby Morse


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