Karim Akrawi Joins Simba Energy Board of Directors
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Karim Akrawi Joins Simba Energy Board of Directors
May 11, 2010, Vancouver, B.C., Canada - Simba Energy Inc. (the "Company") today
announced that Dr. Karim Akrawi has been appointed to its board of directors.
Dr. Akrawi, who holds a PhD degree in Geo-Statistics and Exploration from
London-UK and a BSc degree in Petroleum Geology from Baghdad-Iraq, is currently
the managing director of Geodynamics, and is responsible for worldwide
Geosciences Passive Seismic - Infra Passive Deferential Spectroscopy (IPDS)
survey activities encompassing programming, developing, studies, data
integration and interpretation.
For the past ten years, Dr. Akrawi has been a major Geoscientist contributor in
developing the passive seismic IPDS technology for Reservoir Hydrocarbon
Indication (RHI) surveys and through his direction, Geodynamics has conducted
over 120 surveys in several oil basins throughout the world. Recently Dr Akrawi
has conducted Passive Seismic surveys in Africa including Mali, Cameroon,
Nigeria and Sudan. Dr. Akrawi has presented and published several related
Passive Seismic IPDS application papers and reports and his work has contributed
to the development of the Passive Seismic IPDS technology being used today.
Dr. Akrawi was Senior Reservoir Geologist with Abu Dhabi Company (ADCO) for
Onshore Oil Operations from 1980 to 2008 which is currently producing 1.8
million barrels of oil per day. Dr. Akrawi has been involved in most of the
exploration areas, discoveries and developed fields in UAE and other parts of
the Gulf exploration area. This includes well proposals, drilling operation,
supervision, geological studies, preparing conceptual field development plans,
economical evaluation, feasibility studies, geological appraisal, probabilistic
oil and gas reserves estimates, risk analysis, regional geology, regional
exploration, as well as well databases for traded Gulf countries hydrocarbon
discovery fields.
"Dr. Akrawi is a welcome addition to the Simba Energy board of directors. Dr.
Akrawi is a highly respected and knowledgeable Geoscientist in the Middle East
and throughout the world," said Simba CEO and President Robert Dinning. "He
brings to the Company a degree of experience that will add immeasurably to our
leadership team and will be a tremendous asset to Simba Energy as we continue to
guide the Company towards our key strategic targeted regions in Africa and the
Middle East."
About Simba Energy Inc.
Simba Energy, Inc. (TSXV: SMB) is an oil and gas exploration company focused on
hydrocarbon opportunities in Africa. Simba Energy has already secured a
Hydrocarbon Reconnaissance Permit in Liberia which extends over an area of
1,366 sq. kms and covers the entire onshore extent of the Robert-Bassa Basin.
The Company's shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol SMB
as well as the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the GDA.
On Behalf of the Board,
"Robert Dinning"
President and CEO
For further information, contact Robert Dinning, President and CEO of the
Company at:
rdinning(at)simbaenergy.ca
641-4450 Facsimile: (604) 669-9335
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