Holding(s) in Company

Regal Petroleum plc

("Regal" or the "Company")

8 December 2010

Holding in Company

The Company was notified, on 7 December 2010, by Capital Research and Management Companythat, following a sale of ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares")on 6 December 2010, it has an interest in 14,301,342 of the Company's Ordinary Shares, representing4.49 per cent of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.

For further information, please contact:

Regal Petroleum plc Tel: 020 7408 9500

Keith Henry, Chairman

Robert Wilde, Finance Director

Strand Hanson Limited Tel: 020 7409 3494

Simon Raggett / Rory Murphy