Regal Petroleum appoints new CEO

Oct. 11, 2006
Regal Petroleum PLC, a London-based exploration and production company, has named Neil Ritson as its new chief executive officer.

Uchenna Izundu
International Editor

LONDON, Oct. 11 -- Regal Petroleum PLC, a London-based exploration and production company, has named Neil Ritson as its new chief executive officer.

Prior to this appointment, Ritson was a non-executive director who joined Regal in July. He has extensive experience in the petroleum industry having started his career as a geophysicist with BP PLC before moving through senior technical roles into executive management.