Mr Mike Hopkinson has more than 30 years of upstream experience in many different international locations. He is skilled at all engineering and operations aspects of the petroleum business, from exploration, through development and production. His experience includes onshore, offshore, as well as both shallow and deep water developments. Project locations include UK North Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Ukraine, Georgia, Ecuador and Guatemala. Prior to joining Masirah Oil Ltd, Mr Hopkinson was the Energy Transition Coordinator for Cox Oil in Dallas, Texas, USA. He started his career in 1985 as Operations Engineer with Marathon Oil Company in Aberdeen, Scotland. After transferring to the USA, Mr Hopkinson has also held various upstream oil & gas positions in Kosmos Energy Inc., Caelus Energy LLC, Energy Resource Technology (a Helix company) and Triton Energy Inc., all of which are based in Texas, USA, with international and domestic operations. Mr Hopkinson holds a Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering from Imperial College, UK, and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Engineering with Business Studies from the University of Portsmouth, UK. MIKE HOPKINSON Masirah Oil Ltd Akrake Petroleum Benin S.A. – General Manager Mr Yannick Le Bloa is the Country Manager of Akrake Petroleum Benin S.A. (“Akrake”). He is responsible for Akrake’s strategic positioning and overall operations. Mr Le Bloa has over two decades of experience in the oil & gas industry. Prior to joining Akrake, he was at Savannah Energy (previously known as Savannah Petroleum), Africa, from 2017 to 2024, where his last held position was Operations Director, Business Development. Before that, Mr Le Bloa was General Organisation Manager at Petrofor in Limbe, Cameroon. From 2002 to 2016, he held various managerial positions in operations and administration in the Perenco Group, in locations spanning Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Peru and Venezuela. Mr Le Bloa served in the Infantry unit of the French Army from 1995 to 2002 and last held the rank of Captain. He read Engineering at the Special Military School of Saint-Cyr and holds a Master of Offshore Projects. YANNICK LE BLOA Akrake Petroleum Benin S.A. – Country Manager Rex International Holding Limited 1 7
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