APPEA extends tenure of its chairman and vice chairman

The Board of the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association said it has re-elected Bruce Lake as chairman and Richard Owen as vice chairman following its Annual General Meeting in Perth on Thursday.

Bruce Lake, the managing director of Vermilion Oil and Gas Australia, has been a long-term Director on the APPEA board.

APPEA said in a statement on Friday that the board has also voted to extend the tenure of Richard Owen, chairman, ExxonMobil affiliates in Australia, as APPEA’s vice chairman.

Lake and Owen were first elected to these positions after APPEA’s 2014 AGM.