About 3D Oil:  Directors & Management

The Directors of 3D Oil Limited are:

Campbell Horsfall
(Non-Executive Chairman)

Campbell Horsfall is a solicitor with extensive experience in the petroleum industry and has held positions as Company Solicitor for BP Australia Ltd, BHP Petroleum, Japan Australia LNG (MIMI) Pty Ltd and has until recently been General Counsel of Vicpower. Campbell holds Degrees in Law and Commerce from the University of Melbourne and a Diploma from the Securities Institute and practices as a lawyer in Melbourne.

He has been a director of two public companies and has been a non-executive director of Orchard Petroleum Limited since May 2002. Orchard Petroleum Limited is listed on the ASX and focuses exclusively on oil and gas exploration and development in California’s prolific hydrocarbon regions of the Sacramento and San Joaquin basins.

Noel Newell
(Managing Director)

Noel Newell has over 25 years experience in the oil and gas industry with 20 years of this time with BHP Billiton and Petrofina. With these companies, he has been technically involved in exploration of areas around the globe, particularly South East Asia, and all major Australian offshore basins. Prior to leaving BHP Billiton in 2002 Noel was Principal Geoscientist working within the Southern Margin Group and primarily responsible for exploration within the Gippsland Basin. Noel has a number of technical publications and has co-authored Best Paper and runner up Best Paper at the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association conference and Best Paper at the Western Australian Basins Symposium.

Noel is the founder of 3D Oil. Immediately prior to starting 3D Oil Noel was a technical advisor to Nexus Energy Limited and directly involved in their move to explore in the offshore of the Gippsland Basin.

Melanie Leydin
(Non-Executive Director and Company Secretary)

Ms Leydin is a Chartered Accountant and principal in a chartered accounting firm specializing in audit and company secretarial services.

Ms Leydin has 14 years experience in the accounting profession and is a director and company secretary for a number of junior mining and exploration entities listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.

Keith Edwards
(Non-Executive Director)

Keith Edwards has recently started his own consulting business. Mr Edwards has over 28 years petroleum industry experience in company management, business development (both upstream and downstream) and project financing in addition to his foundation technical areas of petroleum engineering, oil and gas field development, engineering, operations, gas marketing, and project evaluation. He has worked with both oil majors (BHP Billiton and Shell International) and also with Nexus Energy which was a small cap when he joined in 2004 but had expanded into the mid cap space when he departed in 2011.

Philippa Kelly
(Non-Executive Director)

Ms Kelly has over 25 years experience in the corporate sector, with a background in law and investment banking. She has held a number of senior executive roles within the property and funds management industry over the past 10 years. Philippa is a director of the Australian Drug Foundation and a member of the Council of Deakin University.

Management Team:

Kevin Lanigan
(Exploration Manager)

Kevin Lanigan has an M.Sc. in Geology from Louisiana State University and a B.Sc.(Hons) from Monash University. He has 20 years experience working as a petroleum geologist, mostly in offshore Australian basins. The majority of his industry experience was gained with Esso Australia, Nexus Energy and Pacific Oil & Gas, working in a variety of geological roles ranging from exploration and operations through to production and development. Prior to joining 3D Oil Limited, Kevin was a Senior Geologist at Nexus Energy, principally working the offshore Gippsland Basin.

Dennis Vuckovic
(Development Manager)

Dennis Vuckovic has over 25 years working in the oil and gas industry principally in project development and engineering roles. he has worked at both operating companies such as BHP Petroleum, Carigali hess and CNOOC and engineering compaies including WorleyParsons and Fluor Daniel in engineering and project managment roles. he brings his extensive knowledge and experience to identifying and executing the West Seahorse development potential.