The board of IGas Energy (IGas), says that John Blaymires is joining the management team as Chief Operating Officer (COO) with immediate effect. He will be responsible for all of IGas' operated and non-operated assets.

John, 53, has 27 years of international experience in the oil and gas industry gained with both Shell International and Hess Corporation. He has held a variety of senior technical roles with particular emphasis on field development activity (subsurface, drilling and operations) in the North Sea, North Africa and the Middle East.

Prior to joining IGas he was Director of Technology Development for Hess based in Houston, where he helped develop a global engineering and geoscience technology group responsible for providing support across the E&P business, from deepwater to unconventional resources. Prior to that John was Technical Director for Hess' operations in West Africa, and subsequently South East Asia with responsibility for several major oil and gas developments. John has a BSc and PhD in Mining Engineering from Leeds University.

Andrew Austin, IGas' CEO said, 'It gives me great pleasure to welcome John as COO. He brings with him a wealth of industry experience, both in unconventional and conventional gas. His field development expertise will strengthen the IGas team as we move towards first full site production in 2011.'

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