Holding(s) in Company

Regal Petroleum PLC
09 March 2005


For Immediate Release                                              9 March 2005



                              REGAL PETROLEUM PLC
                                ('the Company')

                              Holdings in Company

The Company was notified on 8 March 2005 by Morgan Stanley Securities Limited,
('MSSL') that, following a sale of the Company's ordinary 5p shares ('Ordinary
Shares'), MSSL has an interest in 6,996,134 Ordinary Shares representing 5.99
per cent. of the issued Ordinary Share capital of the Company.

9 March 2005

For further information, please contact:

Regal                                                       Tel: [phone]
Roger Phillips, Finance Director

Buchanan Communications                                     Tel: [phone]
Bobby Morse





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