Holding(s) in Company

Regal Petroleum PLC
18 May 2005


Immediate Release                                    18 May 2005



                              REGAL PETROLEUM PLC

                                ('the Company')

                              Holdings in Company



The Company was notified on 17 May 2005 by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. that
they have an interest in 5,050,912 of the Company's ordinary 5p shares ('
Ordinary Shares'), representing 3.93 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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