Directorate Changes (0147F)

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RNS Number : 0147F

EnCore Oil PLC

15 April 2011

For immediate release: 15 April 2011

EnCore Oil plc ('EnCore' or 'the Company')

Directorate Changes

EnCore Oil plc (LSE:EO.) announces the following changes to its Board of Directors.

Non-Executive Director, L. Keith Hughes has tendered his resignation with immediate effect. Keith has recently become a senior partner at a law firm which has a general policy prohibiting partners holding non-executive directorships with for-profit companies. Keith has been on the EnCore Board since October 2009.

A new Non-Executive Director, Vivien Gibney (formerly Gaymer) has been appointed to the Board with immediate effect. Qualified as a barrister, Vivien has over 26 years' experience within the oil and gas industry. Vivien's previous roles include nine years at Mobil as Legal Counsel, and prior to her retirement, more than 17 years at Enterprise Oil plc where she undertook various roles including Head of Legal, Head of Human Resources and Company Secretary for the Group.

Christine Wheeler OBE, EnCore's Chairman, commented:

"On behalf of the EnCore Board, I would like to thank Keith for his invaluable service as a Non-Executive Director of Encore over the last 18 months and as a trusted adviser in the five years before that. I wish him well in his new role and anticipate that he will advise us again in the future.

"I am delighted to welcome Vivien to the EnCore Board. A number of us on the Board have worked with her before and we are looking forward to doing so again as we continue to follow our strategy of delivering value for shareholders."

Further information on Vivien Gibney

 
                            Vivien Murray Gibney (formerly Gaymer, 
 Full name                   nee Gall) 
 Age                        65 
 Current Directorships      Opera North 
  & Partnerships             The University of Northampton 
                             Oundle Music Trust 
 Beneficial shareholding    219,000 ordinary shares of 5 pence 
  in EnCore                  each 
 

Mrs. Gibney confirms there is no further information to be disclosed in accordance with Rule 17 and Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

For further information, please contact:

 
 EnCore Oil plc                               www.encoreoil.co.uk 
 Alan Booth, Chief Executive Officer          [phone] 
 Eugene Whyms, Chief Financial Officer 
 Yvonne Fraser, Investor Relations Manager    [phone] 
 
 Westhouse Securities Limited 
 Tim Feather                                  [phone] 
 Matthew Johnson 
 

Notes to Editors:

EnCore Oil plc (LSE:EO.) is an oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) company quoted on AIM.

EnCore has a balanced portfolio of offshore assets, based mainly in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) and a significant equity holding in AIM listed Egdon Resources plc (LSE: EDR).

EnCore has an experienced and proven management team, a number of whom were responsible for the discovery of the Buzzard field in the UK North Sea, which currently produces over 10 per cent. of the UK's total oil production.

All EnCore's commercial and material technical evaluations are undertaken in-house by the EnCore team. This brings both continuity to the management and development of the assets and an ownership that is vital to unearth the best and most creative new ideas and opportunities.

www.encoreoil.co.uk

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