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Aurelian Oil & Gas PLC, was founded in December 2002, and is focused on the re-emerging Central and Eastern European oil and gas markets, the oldest producing oil province in the world.
Current projects span the region from Poland to Bulgaria, with production in Romania, a deep appraisal well drilled on a large structure in Poland in March 2007 to be developed with a further horizontal well to be drilled in 2010, together with exciting exploration prospects including projects in four countries, Romania (4 blocks), Slovakia (3 blocks), Bulgaria (2 blocks) and Poland (14 blocks). Aurelian is the operator in all of these except Bulgaria.
Aurelian Oil & Gas names John Conlin successor to chairman David Prior at May AGM
Aurelian Oil & Gas PLC (AIM: AUL) said it appointed John Conlin as a non-executive director and chairman-elect. It is intended that Conlin will become chairman at the company's annual general meeting, to be held in May, when David Prior will step down from the role while remaining as a non-executive director.
Conlin, aged 57, is a petroleum engineer and has over 34 years' experience in the oil and gas industry; spending 28 years at Shell in various senior management and operational positions. During that time he also gained significant experience outside Shell through secondments to Maersk, Woodside, Sakhalin Energy and ExxonMobil Corp (NYSE: XOM).
Earlier in his career, as head of petroleum engineering for the Central North Sea with Shell, he had extensive exposure to the Rotliegendes plays which form a core part of Aurelian's business.
Conlin has previously served as a non-executive director of Hardman Resources and Delphian Technologies, and chairman of Fuelture Lld. He is currently chairman of Nautical Petroleum (AIM: NPE).
Chief executive Rowen Bainbridge commented: "John has significant upstream experience and his appointment further deepens the industry and technical expertise within the company. Strengthening the board and the executive team has been a key priority since the autumn and John's appointment represents the final piece in the jigsaw in Aurelian's organisational transformation.
John Conlin said: “Aurelian is a company on the move. It has an exciting portfolio of assets, a clear strategy for delivering value and significant growth potential. Aurelian has sufficient funds to deliver its work programme over next two years and I look forward to working with the team in realising the full potential of the company and its assets."
