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Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. Announces New Appointments & Promotions
Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. Announces New Appointments & Promotions
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n Aug. 17, 2010 (Canada NewsWire Group) -- \n\n \n \n \nTR.cnwUnderlinedCell TD {\n BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid\n}\nTR.cnwDoubleUnderlinedCell TD {\n BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double\n}\nTR.cnwBoldUnderlinedCell TD {\n BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px solid\n}\nTD.cnwUnderlinedCell {\n BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid\n}\nTD.cnwDoubleUnderlinedCell {\n BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double\n}\nTD.cnwBoldUnderlinedCell {\n BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px solid\n}\n\nCALGARY, Aug. 17 /CNW/ - Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. (TSX: ATH) (AOSC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Allan Hart as vice president, operations and the promotion of Ms. Anne Schenkenberger to vice president, legal and corporate secretary. Both are officers of Athabasca. Also, three senior AOSC employees were seconded to the newly formed Dover Operating Corp.: Mr. Don Verdonck as chief operating officer; Ms. Laura Sullivan as vice president, geosciences and reservoir; and Mr. Bob Bruce as vice president, corporate development. These three have been appointed officers of Dover.\nDover Operating Corp. is owned by the wholly-owned subsidiary of PetroChina (60 per cent working interest) and Athabasca (40 per cent WI) to develop and operate the MacKay River and Dover area commercial oil sands projects, west of Fort McMurray.\nOn September 1, 2010 Mr. Allan Hart joins AOSC as vice president, operations from Shell Canada after a distinguished 30-year career in Canada and the United Kingdom. Most recently, he held the positions of director, oil sands growth projects and general manager, onshore projects in North America.\nAccording to Sveinung Svarte, AOSC's president and CEO, Athabasca is very fortunate to have attracted Mr. Hart. "Allan is a highly talented engineer who held very senior and significant roles within Shell. We are impressed with his leadership abilities, commitment to safety, growth and success as well as his offshore mega-project experience in the North Sea and Canadian oil sands operating knowledge.\n"We are delighted to have someone of Mr. Hart's calibre," Mr. Svarte adds, "to be responsible for the development of Athabasca's commercial phases and for our future operations. We pride ourselves in delivering what we promise to our community stakeholders, employees and our shareholders. We believe it's critical to attract employee...