Tap Oil gets new CEO

Offshore staff

PERTH, Australia Tap Oil has appointed Peter Stickland as CEO. He succeeds Paul Underwood.

Underwood will continue as an executive director in a business development role for the next six months and will then become a non-executive director of the board from mid-2008.

Stickland joined Tap in 2005 as exploration manager after a successful career with BHP Billiton Petroleum.

12/31/2008