AED Oil has appointed Pedro De Souza as Managing Director of AED Oil Limited commencing 30 June, 2009.

Pedro has extensive international experience in the business and technical leadership and management of multibillion dollar oil and gas assets.

Pedro’s career has spanned many oil and gas developments around the world, from his start in the North Sea with the British National Oil Corporation, through various developments with Britoil Plc, SBM Inc and Bechtel. His extensive career with BHP Petroleum and BHP Billiton Petroleum included developments in the Timor Sea, Western Australia, Bass Strait, Papua new Guinea, Vietnam, Pakistan, ZOCA (the Zone of Cooperation between Australia and Indonesia), Algeria, Trinidad and the US Gulf of Mexico, amongst others.

Pedro’s recent positions with BHP Billiton Petroleum were Vice President Global Engineering and Construction (most recent, based in Houston, Texas), Vice President in charge of the Zone of Cooperation between Australia and Indonesia and of all New Developments in the Australia/Asia Region and Vice President Papua New Guinea.

Pedro holds a Bachelor of Science (Honors) degree, a Master of Science degree, and is fluent in several languages.

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