Holding(s) in Company

Regal Petroleum PLC
19 December 2006



For immediate release                                         19 December 2006


                              REGAL PETROLEUM PLC
                                ('the Company')

                              Holdings in Company


The Company was notified on 18 December 2006 by Cantor Fitzgerald Europe that
they have an interest in 4,822,021 of the Company's ordinary 5p shares 
('Ordinary Shares') representing 3.75 per cent. of the issued Ordinary Share
capital of the Company.

19 December 2006


For further information, please contact:


Regal                                                       Tel: [phone]
Roger Phillips, Finance Director
Frank Scolaro, Non-executive Chairman





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