Dragon Oil appoints chief executive officer

May 1, 2008
Dragon Oil PLC has appointed Abdul-Jaleel Al-Khalifa as chief executive officer.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, May 1 -- Dragon Oil PLC has appointed Abdul-Jaleel Al-Khalifa as chief executive officer.

Al-Khalifa brings to Dragon Oil 23 years of leadership and technical experience in exploration and petroleum engineering. He joins the company from Saudi Aramco, where he managed a range of departments for 12 years while based in Dhahran.

Hussain M. Sultan, current Dragon Oil chairman and chief executive officer, will continue in the role of executive chairman.