30th Jan 2007 07:01
Rockhopper Exploration plc30 January 2007 30 January 2007 3D survey completed Keith Williams Retires as Exploration Director David Bodecott joins the Board Rockhopper Exploration plc ("Rockhopper" or the "Company") is pleased to confirmthat the acquisition of 685 square kilometres of 3D seismic data in licences PL032 and PL033 has been completed. Processing and interpretation of the data islikely to take approximately seven months. Following completion of this acquisition programme, Keith Williams (aged 60) hasdecided to retire from the Board of Rockhopper with immediate effect and will besucceeded by David Hamilton Bodecott (aged 54) as Exploration Director. Mr. Bodecott has previously acted as an independent consultant to the Company inpetroleum geology and seismic interpretation and is currently a partner in DavidBodecott Consulting and Cumberland Logos. Sam Moody, Managing Director commented: "We would like to thank Keith for his help in the development of Rockhoppersince the early stages of the Company. The last twelve months in particular havebeen a busy period of data acquisition and processing, covering 2D, 3D and CSEMand the Board wish him well for the future. We are also delighted that Dave is joining the Board at a time when we willbegin focusing more on technical work than on data acquisition. We have beenworking with Dave for some time and his considerable experience and specialistknowledge of the Falklands will help us push forward to the next stage in ourdevelopment." There is no further information required to be disclosed in accordance withSchedule Two (g) of the AIM Rules. For further information, please contact: Rockhopper Exploration plc www.rockhopperexploration.co.ukSam Moody - Managing Director 01722 414 419 Aquila Financial Ltd www.aquila-financial.comPeter Reilly 020 7202 2601 Notes to editors www.rockhopperexploration.co.uk The Rockhopper Group started trading in February 2004 to invest in and carry outan offshore oil exploration programme to the north of the Falkland Islands. TheGroup, floated on AIM in August 2005, is currently the largest licence holder inthe North Falkland Basin and has a 100 per cent. interest in four offshoreproduction licences which cover approximately 5,800 sq. km. These licences havebeen granted by the Falkland Islands government. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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