Torrent Energy Appoints Finance VP Pete Craven to Chief Financial Officer
PORTLAND, OR--(Marketwire - December 19, 2007) - Torrent Energy Corporation (the "Company")
(OTCBB: TREN) today announced that Pete Craven has been promoted to chief
financial officer from his previous role as vice president of finance.
Craven, who was hired by Torrent in February as part of the Company's
succession plan, has now replaced Mike Fowler, who has resigned to
undertake other personal and professional opportunities. Fowler, who served
as CFO since January 2006, will assist Torrent for the coming months as a
consultant to ensure a smooth transition.
Craven has more than 25 years of accounting, oil and gas, and SEC public
reporting experience. He began his career as a CPA with Ernst and Young
and then worked for PacifiCorp in various accounting, SEC reporting,
planning, M&A and management roles. He also served as vice president and
controller for NERCO, Inc., a PacifiCorp subsidiary that owned significant
oil and gas assets. Craven joined Torrent Energy in February 2007, and has
been responsible for all of the Company's accounting and SEC reporting
functions since that time. He received his undergraduate degree in
accounting and economics from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash.
John Carlson, Torrent's CEO, said, "Pete has extensive experience with
public companies in the oil and gas, energy and natural resource fields,
and we have been the beneficiary of his expertise for nearly a year. The
board of directors and I are confident that his broad range of industry
experience will add value as we pursue our growth strategies in our Oregon
and Washington project areas. Pete was brought into the Company to provide
financial and regulatory support, with an ultimate goal of transitioning
into the CFO position within the year.
"We have been fortunate to have Mike Fowler on our staff for the past two
years," Carlson said. "He has been a tremendous asset to the Company and we
are pleased he will continue to work with Torrent during the transition. We
wish him the very best in his future endeavors."
About Torrent Energy Corporation
Torrent Energy Corporation is an exploration company focusing on developing
non-conventional natural gas reserves in the Northwestern United States.
The Company's primary objective is to create value for stakeholders by
applying strong technical expertise to projects. The current focus of the
Company's Oregon subsidiary, Methane Energy Corp., is on the exploration of
the Coos Bay Basin project in southwestern Oregon where the Company
currently has a land portfolio that includes over 118,000 acres of
prospective land. For more information please visit www.torrentenergy.com.
Safe Harbor Statement:
This news release includes statements about expected future events and/or
results that are forward-looking in nature and subject to risks and
uncertainties. Forward-looking statements in this release include, but are
not limited to management's confidence that Mr. Craven's broad range of
industry experience will add value as the Company pursues its growth
strategies in its Oregon and Washington project areas. It is important to
note that actual outcomes and the Company's actual results could differ
materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially include the uncertainty of
the requirements demanded by environmental agencies, the Company's ability
to raise financing for operations, potential delays or obstacles in
drilling and/or interpreting data, market fluctuations and spot prices for
gas, and the possibility that no commercial quantities of gas are found or
recoverable. For more risk factors about our Company, readers should refer
to risk disclosure in our most recent 10-K and Form 10-Q filed on Edgar.
Contact Information: For further information please contact:
Investor Relations in the U.S.
Pfeiffer High Investor Relations, Inc.
Geoff High, Principal
Phone: 303-393-7044
Email:
Torrent Energy Corp.
John Carlson
President & CEO
Phone: 503-224-0072
Email:
Investor Relations in Canada
CHF Investor Relations
Cathy Hume
CEO
Phone: 416-868-1079 ext. 231
Email: