Octávio Simões Appointed President and Chief Executive Officer Tellurian Inc

Tellurian Inc. today named ­­Octávio Simões as President and Chief Executive Officer.  Jonathan Gross and Jean Abiteboul were named as new independent Board members. Simões prior role at Tellurian was Executive Vice President, LNG Marketing and Business Development. Tellurian’s former President and CEO Meg Gentle is departing the company.

Jonathan Gross is an oil and gas consultant and his company Jexco LLC provides upstream exploration and geological services. Jean Abiteboul is President of GIIGNL, the Paris- based International Group of LNG Importers founded in 1971.

Executive Chairman Charif Souki said, “I watched Octávio put together a complex project at Cameron LNG with admiration. He and I together are responsible for 75 percent of the U.S. liquefaction capacity and I am delighted now to have the opportunity to work with him on Driftwood LNG, the next big milestone in U.S. liquefaction.”

Driftwood LNG is a planned production and export terminal on the west bank of the Calcasieu River, south of Lake Charles, Louisiana. Plans call for the terminal to be able to export approximately 27 million tons of LNG per year.