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Africa Oil announces Appointment of COO
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Africa Oil announces Appointment of COO\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n \n VANCOUVER, BC\n \n \n ,\n \n \n Oct. 11, 2022\n \n \n /CNW/ - (TSX: AOI) (Nasdaq-Stockholm: AOI)\n \n – Africa Oil Corp.\n \n (\"Africa Oil\", or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr.\n \n Craig Knight\n \n as Chief Operations Officer (\"COO\") of the Company effective\n \n October 11, 2022\n \n , in replacement of Mr.\n \n Timothy Thomas\n \n who retired from the Company in 2021 and became a consultant to the Company.\n \n View PDF version\n \n \n \n Mr.\n \n Craig Knight\n \n joined Africa Oil in\n \n August 2021\n \n and brings with him over 16 years of industry experience. He graduated from the\n \n University of New South Wales\n \n with a Bachelor of Petroleum Engineering and joined Woodside Energy's graduate Petroleum Engineering program. Mr. Knight moved to\n \n Denmark\n \n to join Maersk Oil in 2011 where he held various roles across petroleum, production and completions engineering, as well as in exploration and subsurface leadership. In 2017, Mr. Knight moved to\n \n Aberdeen\n \n with Maersk Oil, where his roles included Subsurface leadership and Non-Op Asset Management. From 2018 to 2021, Mr. Knight was Production Director for Spirit Energy where he was responsible for Production Management, Hydrocarbon Accounting and developing Spirit's carbon emissions reporting processes.\n \n \n \n Keith Hill\n \n , President, and CEO stated: \"We are excited to have Craig step into the COO role. He has been a great addition to our Management Team, and he brings a track record of success in the sector. We look forward to his additional contributions. Further, I would like to thank Tim for his leadership over the past few years, and we wish him all the best.\"\n \n \n \n About Africa Oil\n \n \n \n Africa Oil Corp. is a Canadian oil and gas company with producing and development assets in deepwater\n \n Nigeria\n \n ; development assets in\n \n Kenya\n \n ; and an exploration/appraisal portfoli...