BG Group appoints Catherine Tanna as EVP and MD, Australia

News Release

28 January 2009

BG Group appoints Catherine Tanna as EVP and MD, Australia

BG Group today announced it had appointed Catherine Tanna as Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Australia. In this role, Ms Tanna will lead Queensland Gas Company Limited (QGC), the BG Group subsidiary based in Brisbane.

Ms Tanna is currently the Executive Vice President, Gas & Power with Shell. She is a member of the Shell Gas & Power Executive Committee, most recently responsible for Shell's Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), gas transmission and power generation interests across Africa. She was previously the Vice President responsible for Shell's Gas & Power business interests in Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan and the Sakhalin 2 project. Between 1991 and 1998 Ms Tanna worked for BHP Petroleum in a number of exploration and production and commercial roles. Originally from Queensland, she is a qualified solicitor in Australia and England.

In her new role, Ms Tanna will have strategic and operational oversight of all of BG Group's interests in Australia, including the development of QGC's coal seam gas resources, downstream market opportunities and the new Queensland Curtis LNG export facility near the port of Gladstone on the east coast. She will be a member of the BG Group Executive Committee and will report directly to the Chief Executive, Frank Chapman.

Mr Chapman said: "Catherine has a wealth of international experience in the gas industry, combined with a deep-rooted understanding of the Australian energy sector. I look forward to her leadership of our QGC business and the Queensland Curtis LNG Project as well as her contribution to BG Group's strategies and plans."

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About BG Group
BG Group plc (LSE: BG.L) is a world leader in natural gas, with a strategy focused on connecting competitively-priced resources to specific, high-value markets. Active in 27 countries on five continents, BG Group has a broad portfolio of exploration and production, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), transmission and distribution and power generation business interests. It combines a deep understanding of gas markets with a proven track record in finding and commercialising reserves.

About QGC
Queensland Gas Company Limited (ACN: 089 642 553) is a leading and award-winning Australian integrated energy business with a strategy focused on developing its world-class coal seam gas reserves in the Surat Basin for domestic supply and power generation, and international supply. Founded in 2000 as a junior explorer, QGC now employs more than 320 staff who are developing projects including the 140 MW gas-fired Condamine Power Station and the Queensland Curtis LNG Project. For further information go to www.qgc.com.au