two very good board appointments last night, page-4

Not sure about PNG but certainly he is a major asset for Blue Energy.

http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Cockcroft_Peter_12259022.aspx
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Published on: 4/17/2008 Last Visited: 4/18/2008
Peter J. Cockcroft Director
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Peter J. Cockcroft -Director.Mr. Cockcroft, age 56, is a geologist (University of Sydney) and consultant.Mr. Cockcroft has graduate business qualifications (Edinburgh Business School); he has recently been honored as a 2004 - 2005 Distinguished Lecturer for the Society of Petroleum Engineers on the topic of International Risk Management.A Permanent Resident of Singapore, he was appointed as a Research Fellow at Institute of South East Asian Studies (a Singapore "think-tank") in September 2004 where he is writing a book on Asian Energy Investment.Mr. Cockcroft is a Life Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a Life Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, and A Fellow of the American Academy of Financial Management.He was a previous Chairman of Baraka Petroleum and was a founding Board member of Kuwait Energy KSC from October 2005 - January 2006, as well as Australian Oil Company Pty.Ltd. (AOC.AX).His last permanent position was as Advisor to the CEO of Premier Oil plc from March 2001 until January 2005.In December, 2006, he was appointed as Petroleum Advisor to the Prime Minister of East Timor.
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2. Proteus Energy Corporation - Management
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Published on: 3/25/2008 Last Visited: 3/25/2008
Peter J. Cockcroft
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Peter J. Cockcroft

Peter Cockcroft is a well known international oil industry executive with a proven track record for successfully managing international energy businesses in various countries, including entrepreneurial project identification, management and implementation (including financing), both in the petroleum and power sector.He has been Country Manager in six different countries, and was responsible for the first combined gas field/power project ever developed in Asia.Peter has a reputation for having extremely high-level contacts in the Asian region, and is often consulted by host governments on international negotiations and energy policy.He is also a well know Petroleum Geologist and Petroleum Engineer, with over 40 published articles, and regularly lectures worldwide for the Society of Petroleum Engineers.

Peter's executive positions include Chairman of Baraka Petroleum (BKP.AX)(2005-2006); Advisor to the CEO of Premier Oil plc (2001-2005); Managing Director of Premier & Shell Pakistan B.V. (1999-2001); and Resident Manager and Chief Company Representative, Indonesia, BHP Petroleum (1996-1998).He is currently on the Boards of Directors of Australian Oil Company (AOC.AX), Sky Petroleum (SKPI.OB) and Kuwait Energy, the first private Kuwaiti oil company.
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3. www.sec.gov
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Published on: 8/21/2007 Last Visited: 8/25/2007
Peter J. Cockcroft

Director
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Peter J. Cockcroft - Director.Mr. Cockcroft, age 56, is a geologist (University of Sydney) and consultant.Mr. Cockcroft has graduate business qualifications, he has recently been honored as a 2004 - 2005 Distinguished Lecturer for the Society of Petroleum Engineers on the topic of International Risk Management.Permanent Resident of Singapore, he was recently appointed as a Research Fellow at Institute of South East Asian Studies (a Singapore "thinktank") where he is writing a book on Asian Energy Investment.Mr. Cockcroft is a Life Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a Life Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, as well as also a non-executive Director of Baraka Petroleum Ltd. and Australian Oil Company Pty.Ltd.
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Peter J. Cockcroft would qualify as an independent director for audit committee purposes under rules of the American Stock Exchange.