Total Voting Rights

Regal Petroleum PLC
21 December 2006


Immediate Release                                              21 December 2006
                               

                              REGAL PETROLEUM PLC
                                ('the Company')

                    SHARE CAPITAL AND TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS



The Company notifies the market, in accordance with the Transparency Directive's
transitional provision 6, that the Company's issued share capital consists of 
128,508,201 ordinary shares of 5 pence each, with each share carrying the right 
to one vote. No ordinary shares are held in treasury.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 128,508,201.

The above figure should be used by shareholders when calculating whether they
are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the
Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.



For further information, please contact:

Regal                                                Tel: [phone]

Roger Phillips, Finance Director
Frank Scolaro, Non-Executive Chairman




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