Appointment of Atul Gupta as Non Executive

 

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RNS Number : 3592E 
Dominion Petroleum Limited 
18 December 2009 
 

18 December  2009 
 
 
 
 
Dominion Petroleum Limited 
("Dominion" or the "Company") 
 
 
Appointment of Non-Executive Director 
 
 
 
 
The Board of Dominion (the "Board") is pleased to announce 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." 
ENQUIRIES: 
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| Limited     |           | 
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| Executive   |           | 
| Officer     |           | 
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| Rob         |           | 
| Shepherd,   |           | 
| Finance     |           | 
| Director    |           | 
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|             |           | 
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| Pelham      |           | 
| Public      |           | 
| Relations   |           | 
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| Archie      | +44       | 
| Berens      | (0)20     | 
|             | 7743      | 
|             | 6679 /    | 
|             | +44       | 
|             | (0)7802   | 
|             | 442 486   | 
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|             |           | 
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| Seymour     |           | 
| Pierce      |           | 
| Limited     |           | 
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| Nandita     | +44       | 
| Sahgal,     | (0)207    | 
| Christopher | 107 8000  | 
| Wren        |           | 
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| Canaccord   | +44       | 
| Adams       | (0)207    | 
| Limited     | 050 6500  | 
| Jeff        |           | 
| Auld, Eli   |           | 
| Colby       |           | 
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APPENDIX 
 
 
Atul Gupta, aged 50, holds, or has held within the past five years, the 
following directorships: 
 
 
+----------+------------------------------------------+----------------+ 
| Postion  | Company/Partnership                      | Position still | 
|          |                                          | held           | 
+----------+------------------------------------------+----------------+ 
| Director | Zhaikmunai LP                            |       Y        | 
+----------+------------------------------------------+----------------+ 
| Director | Villiers Limited                         |       Y        | 
+----------+------------------------------------------+----------------+ 
| Director | Strand Oil and Gas Limited               |       Y        | 
+----------+------------------------------------------+----------------+ 
| Director | Burren Energy plc                        |       N        | 
+----------+------------------------------------------+----------------+ 
| Director | Burren Energy (Eygpt) Limited            |       N        | 
+----------+------------------------------------------+----------------+ 
| Director | Burren Energy India Limited              |       N        | 
+----------+------------------------------------------+----------------+ 
| Director | ENI Yemen Limited                        |       N        | 
+----------+------------------------------------------+----------------+ 
| Director | Burren Energy (Oman) Limited             |       N        | 
+----------+------------------------------------------+----------------+ 
| Director | Burren Energy (Services) Limited         |       N        | 
+----------+------------------------------------------+----------------+ 
| Director | Bayfield Energy (Services) Ltd           |       N        | 
+----------+------------------------------------------+----------------+ 
| Director | Bayfield Energy Limited                  |       N        | 
+----------+------------------------------------------+----------------+ 
| Director | Burren Energy Drilling Services Limited  |       N        | 
+----------+------------------------------------------+----------------+ 
| Director | Burren Energy (652A) Limited             |       N        | 
+----------+------------------------------------------+----------------+ 
| Director | Hindustan Oil Exploration Company        |       N        | 
|          | Limited                                  |                | 
+----------+------------------------------------------+----------------+ 
 
 
There is no further information to disclose in respect of Atul Gupta under 
paragraph (g) of schedule 2 of the AIM Rules. 
 
 
 
 
 
This information is provided by RNS 
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange 
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