17 Dec 2014 07:05
17 December 2014 For immediate release
InfraStrata plc
("InfraStrata" or the "Company")
Appointment of Director
The Board of InfraStrata plc (AIM:INFA), the independent petroleum exploration and gas storage company, is pleased to announce that it has appointed Alan Booth (aged 56) as a Non-Executive Director. His appointment will take effect following the Company's AGM on 21 January 2015.
Alan Booth has 32 years' experience in oil and gas exploration, at Amerada Hess, Oryx Energy, and Encana. More recently, he was Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of EnCore Oil plc which was sold to Premier Oil plc in 2012. Alan was a Co-Founder and is currently Director of EnCounter Oil Ltd.
He holds a BSc in Geology from the University of Nottingham and an MSc in Petroleum Geology from the Royal School Mines, Imperial College. Alan is a former president of Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain and UK Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA), and currently a director of the Oil and Gas Independents Association (OGIA).
Alan Booth holds 3,000,000 shares in the Company, representing 3.02% of the issued share capital.
Ken Ratcliff, the Chairman of InfraStrata plc said:
"We are delighted that Alan will be joining the Board of InfraStrata. Alan has had an outstanding career in oil and gas exploration with a proven track record of managing very successful teams of geoscientists and engineers. He will further strengthen our Board at a time when InfraStrata is reaching a key point in its development as the Company moves into a high impact drilling programme in 2015."
Alan Booth is or has been a director of the following companies during the past five years:
Current Directorships:
EnCounter Oil Ltd., Ophir Energy plc, Groliffe Ltd., Fyrd Energy Ltd., Integrated GeoRenewables (Dorset) Ltd., Oil & Gas Independents Association.
Previous Directorships:
EnCore Oil plc, EnCore (E&P) Ltd., EnCore (Forbes) Ltd., EnCore (NNS) Ltd., EnCore (SNS) Ltd., EnCore (VOG) Ltd., EnCore (CCS) Ltd., EnCore Exploration Ltd., EnCore Gas Storage Ltd., EnCore Natural Resources Ltd.,EnCore North Sea Ltd., EnCore Oil & Gas Ltd., EnCore Petroleum Ltd., Egdon Resources PLC, XEO Exploration PLC.
Save as discussed, there is no further information on Alan Booth required to be disclosed under Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies.
For further information please contact:
InfraStrata plc
Andrew Hindle, Chief Executive Officer 020 8332 1200
Stewart McGarrity, Finance Director
Financial PR - Buchanan
Richard Darby/ Anna Michniewicz 020 7466 5000
Nominated Advisor and Joint Broker - Arden Partners plc
Chris Hardie/ Michael McNeilly 020 7614 5917
Joint Broker - VSA Capital Limited
Andrew Raca/ Richard Buckle 020 3005 5004
Notes to Editors:
Background on InfraStrata plc
InfraStrata is an independent petroleum exploration and gas storage company focused on the UK and Ireland.
Further information is available on the Company's website www.infrastrata.co.uk.