Northern Petroleum Plc announced that Mr. Anthony Brewer and Mr. Jeremy White have stepped down from their roles as Non-executive Directors of the board with immediate effect. Mr. Stewart Gibson, former Chief Executive Officer of Sterling Resources Ltd., has been appointed to Northern's board of directors as a new Non-executive Director. The company is currently undertaking a recruitment search process to identify one further Non-executive Director to bring the board up to the planned full complement of six directors.