InterOil boosts exploration team

InterOil, the company developing the Elk-Antelope LNG project in Papua New Guinea with France’s Total, informed it has appointed Saxon Palmer as Senior Vice President, Exploration.

His appointment follows the transition of Laurie Brown to an advisory role after, the company said in a statement.

Palmer is a former executive with BP and BHP Billiton with more than 25 years of international oil and gas experience. At BP, he was heavily involved in the discovery and appraisal of the Hides and Kutubu fields in Papua New Guinea. At BHP Billiton, he was global exploration and appraisal portfolio manager and also managed exploration for BHP Billiton in Australasia.

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