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Neubecker Director

Steve Neubecker has been appointed as a director of Advanced Geomechanics. Neubecker has worked for the company for the past eight years in geo-technical design, engineering and project management for international off-shore oil and gas projects.

Former Woodside CFO Joins Sydney Gas

Sydney Gas recently appointed Woodside Petroleum's former Chief Financial Officer, Robert Carroll, to its board as a non-executive director.

Carroll, who worked at Woodside for 21 years, starting out as a corporate accounting manager in 1981, said he was looking forward to being involved in the company. He said there were a lot of parallels between Woodside in the early years and Sydney Gas today, and he was excited about the company's future.

Sydney Gas Chief Executive Officer, Bruce Butcher, said Carroll was an obvious choice for the position during a time when the company was changing from being a junior explorer to a ‘leading Australian gas producer’. Butcher said Carroll's experience in implementing prudent capital management strategies to deliver cost-effective and innovative funding solutions would be invaluable to Sydney Gas.

Sydney Gas recently appointed Woodside Petroleum's former Chief Financial Officer, Robert Carroll, to its board as a non-executive director.

Carroll, who worked at Woodside for 21 years, starting out as a corporate accounting manager in 1981, said he was looking forward to being involved in the company. He said there were a lot of parallels between Woodside in the early years and Sydney Gas today, and he was excited about the company's future.

Sydney Gas Chief Executive Officer, Bruce Butcher, said Carroll was an obvious choice for the position during a time when the company was changing from being a junior explorer to a ‘leading Australian gas producer’. Butcher said Carroll's experience in implementing prudent capital management strategies to deliver cost-effective and innovative funding solutions would be invaluable to Sydney Gas.

New Horizon For Laws

Bob Laws, the former director of the Petroleum Division of the South Australia Department of Mines and Energy, was appointed to the board of Sydney-based Horizon Oil as a non-executive director on February 13th.

Laws started his career as a field and wellsite geologist for Geosurveys, rising to the position of chief geologist, where he gained experience in Australia, New Zealand and Turkey. He joined Elf Aquitaine in 1972 as senior geologist before being promoted to exploration manager for Australian and New Zealand. He then became the Director of the Petroleum Division of the South Australian Department of Mines and Energy from 1973 - 2001.

Horizon Oil Chairman, Fraser Ainsworth, said Laws would make a valuable contribution to Horizon's board with his geological and exploration management knowledge. "His experience in government administration of the petroleum industry will also benefit both the board and management, as they deal with host governments in the various countries in which Horizon Oil does business", Ainsworth said.

Bush New VP At SENZ

Swift Energy New Zealand (SENZ) has appointed Christopher Bush to the position of Vice President - Facilities. Bush joined SENZ in 2001 as Manager of Facilities.

Since his hiring, the facilities owned and operated by Swift have grown to include the Waihapa Production Station, acquired in 2002, and the Rimu Production Station, commissioned in 2002.

SENZ President Alan Cunningham said the performance of the facilities team had allowed Swift to steadily increase oil and gas production from the company's Taranaki fields. "We are proud to have Bush join the officer ranks at SENZ", Cunningham said.