UK Oil & Gas plc has appointed Kristopher Bone as an executive director and chief technical officer, among other board changes.
Mr Bone, who joined UKOG in 2019, is a petroleum engineer and chartered chemical engineer with 25 years’ experience in the petroleum, underground gas storage and energy development sectors.
He has technical knowledge, leadership and management experience across planning and development, surface and subsurface engineering, drilling and production operations, project management, HSE and regulatory compliance.
Mr Bone has worked on salt cavern wells, conventional geological gas storage projects and as an independent UK well/borehole examiner.
He will lead the technical, engineering, and development side of UKOG’s hydrogen storage projects.
Other changes include non-executive director Kiran Morzaria stepping down from the board after nine years, to focus on his post of chief executive of Cadence Minerals.
Executive director Allen Howard reverts to his original role as NED.
“On behalf of the board and the company, I would also like to thank Kiran for his valuable contribution and commitment to UKOG over the past nine years,” said UKOG chief executive Stephen Sanderson.
“We wish him continued good fortune at Cadence.”