WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Tri-Valley Corp.(TIV) announced that it has appointed Gregory Billinger as Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective as of August 22, 2011. Billinger will replace the current Chief Financial Officer, John Durbin, whose last day with Tri-Valley will be August 29, 2011, as previously announced. The company said that its board is in the process of conducting a search for a candidate to fill the position of Chief Financial Officer on a permanent basis.
Billinger, 59, is a certified public accountant with over 30 years of corporate finance and accounting experience in the oil and gas industry. He was the Corporate Controller for Ivanhoe Energy Inc. from 2000 to 2005, and most recently was the Vice President of Finance and Administration for Ivanhoe's U.S. operations from 2006 to May 2011. Prior to joining Ivanhoe, Billinger spent 19 years with Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation, where he held various finance and accounting positions.
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