London, United Kingdom - December 22, 2010, London, United Kingdom - Northern Petroleum Plc announces that its wholly owned Netherlands subsidiary Northern Petroleum Nederland B.V. has appointed Brian A. Hepp and Cornelis Nicolaas Tielens as directors.
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Mr. Hepp has been Northern’s Director of Group Operations since January 2006. Since joining Northern he has directed all of the Group’s drilling and development operations, including the development of the Grolloo, Geesbrug, Brakel and Wijk en Aalburg gas fields.
In total he has over 28 years of international experience in design, drilling, production operations and petroleum field management with both major and small producers in North America and Europe. Mr. Hepp has represented NPN as an active member of the Executive Committee of The Netherlands Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Association (“NOGEPA”) since NPN joined the organisation in 2006.
Mr. Hepp holds a Masters Degree in Administration and a Bachelor of Engineering degree. He is a Registered Engineer in Canada, a Chartered Engineer in the UK and Europe and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Mr. Tielens has been NPN’s Operations Manager since July 2006 and also Acting Country Manager since the start of 2010. Prior to joining NPN, Mr. Tielens spent 23 years in the service side of the oil and gas industry, mainly in the Dutch onshore and North Sea offshore sectors, and has extensive operational experience in well and production operations.
Mr. Tielens previously held various onshore supervisory and management positions before becoming General Manager for two different Multinational Service Company’s Continental Europe operations immediately prior to joining NPN as Operations Manager.
Mr. Tielens holds a Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering, has held the Chairman’s role in the well services group of IRO (the association of oil and gas service providers in The Netherlands) as well as serving as a Board member of IRO. Since joining NPN he has been an active member of the Operations Committee of NOGEPA. ■
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