CALGARY, Nov. 18, 2015 /CNW/ - Connacher Oil and Gas Limited (CLC - TSX; "Connacher" or the "Company") today announced that Jeff Beeston has been appointed Vice-President of Finance and Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Beeston is a Chartered Accountant with over 14 years of experience. Mr. Beeston has been Manager, Finance at Connacher since November 2010, overseeing activities relating to debt and equity capital markets, corporate planning and development, risk management, treasury and taxation. Prior to joining Connacher, Mr. Beeston was Manager, Taxation at an oil and gas producer and Mr. Beeston also previously worked for a big four accounting firm. Mr. Beeston holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Alberta.

About Connacher

Connacher is a Calgary-based in situ oil sands developer, producer, and marketer of bitumen. The Company holds a 100 per cent interest in approximately 440 million barrels of proved and probable bitumen reserves and operates two steam-assisted gravity drainage facilities located on the Company's Great Divide oil sands leases near Fort McMurray, Alberta.

SOURCE Connacher Oil and Gas Limited