OilVoice - Dominion Petroleum Announces Appointment of Non-Executive Director

Dominion Petroleum Announces Appointment of Non-Executive Director

Friday, December 18, 2009

The Board of Dominion announces that Mr. Atul Gupta has agreed today to join the Board as a Non-Executive Director. He will be formally appointed at the upcoming Board Meeting of the Company on Tuesday 22 December 2009.

Mr. Gupta has worked for 25 years in the international upstream oil and gas business successively with Charterhouse Petroleum, Petrofina, Monument and Burren Energy. Mr. Gupta joined Burren in 1999 as Chief Operating Officer and served as its Chief Executive Officer from 2006 until the company was sold to ENI last year.

He has a bachelors degree in chemical engineering from Cambridge University and a masters degree in petroleum engineering from Heriot Watt University.

The disclosures required to be made under Rule 17 of the AIM Rules in respect of the new directors are set out in the Appendix to this announcement.

Mr Gupta has no shareholding in the Company.

Andrew Cochran, Chief Executive Officer of Dominion, commented:
'I am very pleased to have Atul join us as his experience in projects such as the development of the M'Boundi field in the Republic of Congo, as well as in building a successful independent oil and gas company, will be of considerable value to Dominion at such a pivotal time. I am sure that the whole of the new Dominion team will appreciate his knowledge, support and advice going forward.'

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