Petromanas Energy Inc. announces appointment of interim COO
BAAR, Switzerland, March 31 /CNW/ - Petromanas Energy Inc. ("Petromanas") (TSX-V: PMI) is pleased to announce that is has appointed Mr. Jeffrey Scott as an Interim Chief Operation Officer effective April 1st 2010. Mr. Scott is currently a director of Petromanas Energy Inc. He is a founder and Chairman of Gran Tierra Energy and has over 27 years experience in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Scott will assume this role until a full time COO is hired. Petromanas is in the process of augmenting its existing management team over the coming months in order to advance the exploration activities of the recently acquired 6 blocks covering the majority of Albania's relevant exploration acreage.
Petromanas is currently preparing a 2-D seismic project to further define and analyze the structural definition of the West Rova and Papri prospects. This seismic will add to the geological information from 1400 KM of existing seismic in the blocks D and E which was acquired by previous exploration campaigns and partly reprocessed by Manas Petroleum.
Erik Herlyn, CEO comments: "We are pleased that Jeffrey Scott, who has an exceptional track record of building companies and running operations is taking over an executive role during this important phase of Petromanas. The company will recruit world class professionals to fill out our management team as we begin the exploration phase on our high impact Albanian acreage."
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For further information: For further information: Erik Herlyn, President, Chief Executive Officer, Petromanas Energy Inc., Bahnofstrasse 9 P.O. Box 155, CH-6341 Baar, Switzerland, Phone: +41 44 718 10 30, Fax: +41 44 718 10 39, Email: [email protected]; Vanguard Shareholder Solutions, Tel: (604) 608-0824, Toll Free: 1-866-918-0824
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