Compton Petroleum Corporation - President and Chief Executive Officer

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nCALGARY, Jan. 9 /CNW/ - Compton Petroleum Corporation (TSX - CMT, NYSE-\nCMZ) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Tim Granger to the position\nof President and Chief Executive Officer, effective January 26, 2009. Mr.\nGranger will also be appointed to Compton's Board of Directors on that date.\n\n\nMr. Granger most recently held the office of Vice President, Asset\nOptimization and Chief Operating Officer at Paramount Energy Trust and prior\nto that Managing Director of TAQA North following the acquisition of Primewest\nEnergy by TAQA in January of 2008. Mr. Granger had been the Chief Operating\nOfficer of Primewest which he joined in 1999.\n\n\nMr. Granger has more than 27 years of extensive experience in\nexploitation, production operations and asset management. From 1996 to 1999,\nMr. Granger held various managerial positions at Pogo Canada Ltd. and\nPetro-Canada, including production engineering and upstream information\ntechnology. Prior to 1996, Mr. Granger held various management positions at\nAmerada Hess Canada Ltd., and engineering positions at Dynex Petroleum Ltd.,\nCanterra Energy Ltd. and Dome Petroleum Limited.\n\n\nMr. Granger graduated from Carleton University with a B.Sc. in Mechanical\nEngineering.\n\n\nCompton Petroleum Corporation is a Calgary-based public company actively\nengaged in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas,\nnatural gas liquids, and crude oil in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin.\nCompton's shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol CMT\nand on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CMZ.\n\n\n%SEDAR: 00003803E %CIK: 0001043572\n\n\n","length":1719,"tagName":"div"}]

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