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Appointment of COO
Appointment of COO.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 7029D Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ld 18 September 2008 \n \nNot for release, publication or distribution in or into jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom and Bermuda where to do so would constitute a contravention of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction\n\n\n18 September 2008 \n\n\nGULF KEYSTONE PETROLEUM LIMITED \n(\"Gulf Keystone\" or \"the Company\")\n\nBoard Change\n\nAppointment of Chief Operating Officer\n\n\nGulf Keystone Petroleum (AIM: GKP), an independent oil & gas exploration company operating in Algeria and the Kurdish Region of Iraq, today announces the appointment of Mr. John B. Gerstenlauer as Chief Operating Officer (\"COO\") with effect from 01 October 2008. Mr. Ibrahim Al-Khaldi, currently COO of Gulf Keystone, will become Vice President, MENA region.\n\nJohn Berndt Gerstenlauer (former name: Juergen Berndt Gerstenlauer, age 55) joins Gulf Keystone from BASF's Wintershall Nederland Group, The Hague, where he was Managing Director and responsible for a business with over 100,000 bopd of production, of which more than 80% was operated.\n\nA US citizen, Mr. Gerstenlauer holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Marine Biology from the University of Miami and in Civil Engineering from NC State University and a Master of Science degree in Ocean Engineering, also from NC State University. He has written numerous technical papers on Petrophysical topics and drilling techniques.\n\nMr. Gerstenlauer's oil & gas industry career began when he joined Shell Coastal Division, New Orleans, as a Petrophysical Engineer in 1979. Over subsequent years, he assumed increasingly senior production engineering and drilling engineering roles within various New Orleans-based Shell operating divisions including Coastal, Onshore and Offshore until joining Shell Oil subsidiary Pecten Cameroon Inc as Engineering Manager in 1985, where he was responsible for 50,000 of operated offshore production, and a further 120,000 bopd of non-operated offshore production. Mr. Ge...