# Premier Oil Exploration Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [SC021265](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC021265)
- **Status:** dissolved
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 22 Dec 1939
- **Dissolved:** 7 Aug 2026
- **Registered office:** C/O TENEO FINANCIAL ADVISORY LIMITED, 3RD FLOOR, 66 HANOVER STREET, EDINBURGH, EH2 1EL
- **Nature of business:** [06100](/sic/06100) Extraction of crude petroleum, [06200](/sic/06200) Extraction of natural gas


## Previous names

- Burmah Oil Exploration Limited (until 28 Jul 1986)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LASCELLES, Rupert John Orlando | secretary | - | 24 Jul 1992 |
| LASCELLES, Rupert John Orlando | director | - | 24 Jul 1992 |
| SHAW, Roland Clark | director | - | 3 Aug 1994 |
| ORBELL, Gerald, Doctor | director | 3 Aug 1994 | 10 Mar 1995 |
| LANDER, John Hugh Russell | director | 10 Mar 1995 | 18 Dec 1995 |
| CORSBY, Gillian | secretary | - | 30 Aug 1996 |
| HEATH, John Antony | director | 24 Jul 1992 | 30 Jun 1997 |
| HAYTHORNTHWAITE, Richard Neil | director | 18 Dec 1995 | 30 Sep 1997 |
| FREEBORN, Edward | director | 30 Jun 1997 | 24 Mar 1999 |
| SHEPHERD, Nicholas Keith | secretary | 30 Aug 1996 | 18 Jun 1999 |
| LOWDEN, Stephen Jonathan | director | 30 Sep 1997 | 1 Nov 2000 |
| LIDDELL, Richard | director | 12 Sep 2000 | 31 Jan 2003 |
| JAMIESON, Charles James Auldjo | director | - | 30 Jun 2005 |
| VAN DER WELLE, John Alexander | director | 30 Apr 1999 | 30 Jun 2005 |
| PARSONS, Lisa Julia | secretary | 18 Jun 1999 | 29 Mar 2006 |
| HUDDLE, Stephen Charles | secretary | 29 Mar 2006 | 12 Jul 2006 |
| GARRATT, Heather Diane | secretary | 12 Jul 2006 | 14 Jul 2010 |
| ALLAN, Robert Andrew | director | 1 Aug 2003 | 16 Jul 2010 |
| VICKERS, Julie | secretary | 14 Jul 2010 | 12 Sep 2011 |
| WILSON, Nigel John | director | 15 Jun 2009 | 1 Dec 2012 |
| KAWAN, Heather | secretary | 12 Sep 2011 | 31 Jan 2014 |
| LOCKETT, Simon Charles | director | 1 Aug 2003 | 15 Aug 2014 |
| SKITMORE, Michael James | director | 1 Dec 2012 | 20 May 2015 |
| HUDDLE, Stephen Charles | director | 15 Jun 2009 | 29 May 2015 |
| LODGE, Andrew Geoffrey | director | 15 Jun 2009 | 30 Jun 2015 |
| HAWKINGS, Neil | director | 30 Jun 2005 | 30 Jun 2016 |
| RICKARD, Rachel Abigail | director | 29 May 2015 | 18 Jan 2017 |
| RICKARD, Rachel Abigail | secretary | 31 Jan 2014 | 18 Jan 2017 |
| VICKERS, Julie Alison | secretary | 18 Jan 2017 | 1 Nov 2018 |
| ALLAN, Robert Andrew | director | 15 Oct 2012 | 25 Jun 2020 |
| DURRANT, Anthony Richard Charles | director | 30 Jun 2005 | 16 Dec 2020 |
| GIBB, Andrew George | director | 18 Jan 2017 | 15 Apr 2021 |
| ROSE, Richard Andrew | director | 1 Oct 2014 | 15 Apr 2021 |
| ROSE, Daniel Alexander | secretary | 1 Nov 2018 | 31 May 2022 |
| HARBOUR ENERGY SECRETARIES LIMITED | corporate-secretary | 31 May 2022 |  |
| RICKARD, Rachel Abigail | director | 15 Apr 2021 |  |
| LANDES, Howard Ralph | director | 15 Apr 2021 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dnb Asa | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent | 25 Jun 2021 | 21 Jul 2023 |
| Premier Oil Uk Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent | 6 Apr 2016 |  |






## Directors' other companies

- [BENJAMIN, Rachel Abigail](/person/5963913) - director at [Premier Oil Ons Limited](/company/04453364)
- [BENJAMIN, Rachel Abigail](/person/5963913) - director at [Premier Oil Vietnam 121 Limited](/company/07961063)
- [BENJAMIN, Rachel Abigail](/person/5963913) - director at [Premier Oil Ans Limited](/company/05681805)
- [HARBOUR ENERGY SECRETARIES LIMITED](/person/6439583) - corporate-secretary at [Harbour Energy Wpuk Limited](/company/05030838)
- [LANDES, Howard Ralph](/person/5652187) - director at [Premier Oil Aberdeen Services Limited](/company/01164961)
- [LANDES, Howard Ralph](/person/5652187) - director at [Premier Oil And Gas Services Limited](/company/03468792)
- [LANDES, Howard Ralph](/person/5652187) - director at [Harbour Energy Production North Sea Limited](/company/03518803)
- [LANDES, Howard Ralph](/person/5652187) - director at [Harbour Energy Services Limited](/company/10873483)
- [LANDES, Howard Ralph](/person/5652187) - director at [Harbour Energy Ws Limited](/company/08824521)
- [LANDES, Howard Ralph](/person/5652187) - director at [Chrysaor E&P Limited](/company/10871880)