Emperor appoints Mr. David Teh, Senior Consultant

CALGARY, Oct 7, 2014 /CNW/ - The Board of Directors of Emperor Oil Ltd. (TSX.V: EM.H), CHVFF, (Frankfurt: 8CV), (Europe: ISIN: CA29159B1031), (WKN: A1J3EL), ("Emperor" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Mr. David Teh, P.Eng., MBA, has been appointed Senior Consultant. 

Mr. David Teh has over 30 years of experience as Engineer/Manager/Executive in the petroleum industry. In 1979, he graduated from the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada with a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical). In 2009, he graduated from the Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK with a Master of Business Administration (MBA). He has worked for EXXON/ESSO Production Malaysia, ESSO Resources Canada, PETRO-CANADA, TALISMAN Energy of Canada, GNPOC of Sudan, FCP in Algeria, Caracal/Griffiths (CARACAL) of Canada & Chad, and others.

He is 1 of 2 Founding Vice Presidents of CARACAL for three years (November 2009 to December 2012). In 2011, he resided in N'Djamena, Chad for eight months as Vice President & Country General Manager to establish CARACAL office there. At the end of 2011, he was transferred back to the Calgary, Canada head office as CARACAL Vice President responsible for Chad Pipeline projects. On December 31, 2012, he retired from the company. At the end of 2013, CARACAL produced more than 11,000 barrels of oil per day in Chad. In July 2014, CARACAL was sold to GLENCORE for US$1.3 billion.

He has spent a total of 7-1/2 years in Sudan as GNPOC (Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company) Project Management Consultant/Engineering Superintendent/Manager, culminating being appointed as GNPOC President's Office Manager for three years (until June 2007), as an Advisor and Executive Assistant to the President of GNPOC. In 2006, GNPOC produced about 250,000 barrels of oil per day from nine oil fields, with a combined company and contractor employees of 5,000, generating about US$6 billion annual oil revenue, and with a yearly budget of US$1 billion.

Since 1990, he has been conducting Oil & Gas Productivity Improvement concept seminars, "FAST TRACK Task Force Project Management" (Doing It Better & Faster) in Canada and overseas attended by executives, managers, engineers, professionals and administrative personnel. More than 300 Managers, Engineers, other Professionals and Administrative Staff in Sudan, Africa petroleum industry received this FAST TRACK training. 

Since 2002, he has been presenting Project Management, Productivity Improvement concepts & processes, Training and Environmental Project papers at the International Project Management Association (IPMA) World Congress on Project Management and other conferences in ten different countries, namely, IPMA's Germany in 2002, IPMA's Russia in 2003,  IPMA's Hungary in 2004, IPMA's India in 2005, IPMA's China in 2006,  IPMA's Poland in 2007, IPMA's Italy in 2008,  IPMA's Finland in 2009, University of Andes Colombia in 2010, and Chad International Oil, Mining & Energy Conference, N'Djamena, Chad in 2011. 

He is a member of APEGA.

Gregory Fedun, President & CEO stated, "We welcome Mr. Teh to the Emperor team; his experience in Africa, particularly in Sudan, Algeria and Chad as Engineer/Manager/Executive, is considered as invaluable by the company." 

Emperor Oil is an international oil and gas exploration and development company. 

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