San Leon appoints seasoned geologist Bill Higgs as non-executive director

Oil and gas development and appraisal firm San Leon Energy announced on Thursday that it has appointed Bill Higgs as non-executive director of the company with immediate effect.

Higgs has nearly 30 years of experience in exploration, development and operations, including more than five years in executive roles at independent exploration and development firms.

The AIM-traded company said that as a trained geologist, Higgs has “extensive expertise in all engineering” and other aspects of hydrocarbon development and production.

Higgs has been chief operations officer of Genel Energy since November 2017 where he is responsible for managing the company’s global exploration and production portfolio.

He has previously held the roles chief operational officer for Ophir Energy, chief executive of Mediterranean Oil and Gas and various global roles at Chevron over 23 years.

Oisin Fanning, chief executive of San Leon, said: “It gives me great pleasure to welcome Bill onto the board of the company. His extensive career in the oil & gas industry and particularly his senior operational roles at other listed companies will provide valuable expertise to us as we continue to work with the operator, Eroton, in developing our core asset of OML 18 in Nigeria.”

As of 1038 BST, San Leon Energy’s shares were down 4.48% at 26.89p.