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Roc Oil Company Limited26 March 2007 26 March 2007 ROC OIL COMPANY LIMITED ("ROC") STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE NOTICE OF CHANGE OF DIRECTORS ROC advises that Mr Richard Burgess has given notice of his intention to retireas a Director of the Company effective from the next Annual General Meeting onThursday, 10 May 2007. Commenting on Mr Burgess' retirement, ROC's Chief Executive Officer, Dr JohnDoran, stated: "Dick has been a great ROC Director. He is much appreciated, admired and loved,not only by people within ROC, but by many other members of the Australianupstream oil and gas community with which he has been associated for more than25 years. A former director of Command Petroleum and a founder director of ROC,Dick's straight talking and clear thinking has been an invaluable part of ROC'sgrowth story. Fortunately, ROC will be able to retain access to his insightsthrough his continuing association as an Advisor, in which capacity he willcontinue to be an active contributor to future Board meetings." ROC is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Dennis Paterson as an ExecutiveDirector effective 23 March 2007. Mr Paterson joined ROC in October 2006 as President of Roc Oil (China) Company.He has more than 30 years experience in the international oil and gas business.For the three years prior to joining ROC, Mr Paterson worked as an independentconsultant for a number of companies, including ROC. From 1995 to 2002, he wasbased in Kuala Lumpur, originally as Managing Director of British Gas (Malaysia)Limited and later as Executive Vice President of Genting Oil and Gas Limited.Between 2005 and 2006 Mr Paterson was a non-executive Director of Ramco plc. Hisprevious Directorships include Medusa Oils Limited (1993 - 1997) and SandpiperOil and Gas Limited (1988 - 1990). Mr. Paterson, 55, is a member of the AAPG, AIPN, PESGB and is a Fellow of theGeological Society. Mr Paterson holds a B.Sc. in Geology from the University ofBritish Colombia and an M.Sc. and DIC in Petroleum Geology from ImperialCollege, University of London. Commenting on Mr Paterson's appointment, ROC's Chief Executive Officer, Dr JohnDoran, stated: "The Board is delighted to welcome Dennis as an Executive Director. Prior tojoining the Company on a full-time basis late last year, Dennis intermittentlyconsulted to ROC for a number of years and has been known to some of us for aconsiderably longer period of time; therefore his talents and integrity are wellknown to the Company. I have no doubt that, Dennis will add a lot of value toROC's technical and corporate thought processes, particularly given his currentrole in Beijing." Damian FisherGeneral ManagerExternal Affairs & Investor Relations For further information please contact: Dr John Doran on Tel: +61-2-8356-2000 Fax: +61-2-9380-2635 Email: [email protected] Or visit ROC's website: www.rocoil.com.au Dr Kevin Hird General Manager Business Development Tel: +44 (0)207 586 7935 Fax: +44 (0)207 722 3919 Email: [email protected] Nick Lambert Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial Tel: +44 (0)207 861 3232 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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