Shift of CEO in Capital Oil.
CEO in Svenska Capital Oil AB, Leif Larsson, will leave the company.
Leif Larsson, CEO of Svenska Capital Oil AB, has decided to leave the company.
Capital Oil is, after the acquisition of Misen Enterprises AB, entering a new development phase for the operations. Leif Larsson has at this stage made the judgement that a new executive management should be responsible for the next development phase of the Capital Oil Group
Leif Larsson will keep the position as CEO till his resignation and be at the Board’s disposal.
The process to find a new CEO for Svenska Capital Oil AB has started.
For further information please contact: Leif Larsson, CEO tel 46 31 759 50 71 mobile 46 708 40 82 71 E-mail: leif@capital oil.se
Capital Oil is a Swedish oil and gas exploration and extraction company with operations in Ukraine. Capital Oil was founded in 2004 and the Capital Oil share is since 12 June 2007 traded on NasdaqOMX First North.
In 2011 Svenska Capital Oil AB acquired Misen Enterprises AB and its Ukrainian subsidiary, KarpatyGaz, including the rights of 50,01 % of the revenue and profit from a gas production project in Ukraine, which will provide Capital Oil with essential gas and oil assets. As consideration of this acquisition a new share issue was performed.
The gas extraction assets are acquired by production cooperation via a joint activity project governed by a Joint Activity Agreement (the “JAA”) between the wholly owned subsidiaries of Capital Oil, i.e. Misen Enterprises AB and Karpatygaz and Ukrgazvydobuvannya, the largest producer of natural gas in Ukraine and subsidiary of the publicly owned company Naftogaz Ukraine. The value of the assets has been assessed by PwC in Ukraine and is estimated to be essentially more than the purchase price for Misen.
The purpose of the project is to significantly increase production of gas and oil by implementing new technology and a large-scale investment program.
The residence of Capita Oil is in Gothenburg and the shares are traded on First North under identification COIL The Certified Adviser of the company at NasdaqOMX First North is Thenberg & Kinde Fondkommision AB.
For further information please visit our web site www.capitaloil.se.