Holding(s) in Company

Regal Petroleum PLC
27 April 2005


For Immediate Release                                            27 April 2005

                              REGAL PETROLEUM PLC

                                ('the Company')

                              Holdings in Company


The Company was notified on 26 April 2005 by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ('GS
Inc') that they have an interest in 4,799,982 of the Company's ordinary 5p
shares ('Ordinary Shares'), representing 4.10 per cent. of the issued ordinary
share capital.



For further information, please contact:


Regal                                                       Tel: [phone]

Roger Phillips, Finance Director

Buchanan Communications                                     Tel: [phone]
Bobby Morse





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