Gregory S. Sills to Join Cobalt International Energy, Inc. as Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer
Mr. Sills will have an integral leadership role in Cobalt’s growth from
an exploration focus to an exploration and production focus, with world
class project execution leading to sustainable production and cash flow.
His initial areas of emphasis will include leading the development and
execution to first production of Cobalt’s prolific Cameia field in Block
21 offshore
Mr. Sills’ extensive project experience includes serving as Project
Manager for some of the industry’s pre-eminent projects including the
Atlantis project in the deepwater Gulf of
“Greg’s vast project experience is a perfect fit at this time for
Cobalt. Our unprecedented exploration success over the past few years
has provided us with a very deep inventory of viable projects. Greg’s
leadership will be vital as we move these projects to initial production
later in this decade”, said
Mr. Sills will be based in Cobalt’s
About Cobalt
Cobalt is an independent exploration and production company focusing on
the deepwater U.S. Gulf of
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