Official Registration

Regal Petroleum PLC
27 September 2002


For Immediate Release                                   Friday 27 September 2002


                              REGAL PETROLEUM PLC

                 Regal Petroleum Plc ('Regal') is registered as
                     an oil and gas producer in Ukraine


The Directors are pleased to announce the official registration of Regal as an
oil and gas producer in Ukraine by Oil And Gas of Ukraine, the State entity,
responsible for all matters pertaining to the production, processing and transit
of oil and gas.


Regal is the first  Western company to achieve this status.

Registration enables Regal to proceed with the proposed export programme and
elevates the company to a high standing with traders and users within the
Ukraine, already evidenced by the marked increase in the number of enquiries and
orders.

The Directors anticipate that Regal will commence its export of gas in the first
half of 2003.


For further information, please contact:


Regal                                                       Tel: [phone]

Frank Timis, Executive Chairman
Glenn Featherby, Finance Director
Bill Humphries, Non-Executive Director

Buchanan Communications                                     Tel: [phone]
Bobby Morse / Tim Thompson


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