Strategic O&G reported that Mr. Gurpreet Singh Sawhney has been appointed President of the Company. Mr. Sawhney is a professional engineer with over 18 years of experience in the oil industry. Mr. Sawhney has been the Vice-President Business Development with Strategic Oil & Gas Ltd. since March 1, 2009. As President of the Company, Mr. Sawhney will be reporting directly to Arn Schoch, CEO and Chairman of the Board.

From 1993 to 1996, Mr. Sawhney worked with PanCanadian Petroleum Ltd., as a reservoir simulation specialist, before leaving to found and manage Reservoir Modelling & Management Ltd. (Res Mod Man) a consultancy group providing reservoir management services to numerous domestic and international clients, including Pan-Canadian Petroleum, Norcen Energy, Husky Energy, Vermilion Energy, Anadarko Petroleum, British Gas, Verenex Energy, Capitol Energy, Highpine Oil and Gas, Daylight Energy and Wave Energy. Mr. Sawhney has worked on over 100 oil and gas field development projects. Mr. Sawhney has assisted with successful projects like the Wayburn CO2 Flood, the Dixonville Montney Waterflood and the Lower Shaunavon Horizontal Well Resource play.

Mr. Sawhney holds a B.Eng. degree in Chemical Engineering from Panjab University, India, and an M.Sc. and an MBA, both from the University of Calgary, Canada.

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