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Rockhopper awards 1.4m share options

Rockhopper Exploration plc has awarded 1,378,001 share options under its 2025 long term incentive plan. SEA LION Chief executive officer Sam Moody received 887,931 options and chief financial officer William Perry received 490,070. The awards, conditional on performance criteria, vest on 30 June 2028.  The CEO’s options are subject to an additional one-year holding after […]

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Tullow appoints Ian Perks as CEO

Tullow Oil plc has appointed Ian Perks as chief executive office and to the board, effective from 15 September. Chief financial and interim CEO, Richard Miller, who replaced Rahul Dhir, will return to his role of CFO. Mr Perks has more than 30 years’ experience in upstream oil and gas, having worked in Africa and […]

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Europa CEO-chair buy total 5.6m shares

Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc reported directors’ purchases of an aggregate 5,638,759 ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the company. INTERESTS On 5 August 2025, chief executive officer William Holland bought 838,759 ordinary shares at an average price of 0.6479 pence per ordinary share. Following the purchase, Mr Holland is beneficially interested in 8,248,426 […]

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Ascent appoints David Patterson as CEO

Ascent Resources plc has appointed David Patterson as its chief executive officer, with immediate effect. Mr Patterson is an oil and gas explorer with more than 43 years’ experience onshore USA. He worked for several years in Utah and Colorado where he was vice president geology for Rose Petroleum plc, now called Zephyr Energy plc, […]