Royal Helium Ltd. announced the appointment of Mr. Karl F. Kurz to the Board of Directors. Mr.Kurz has over forty years of energy industry experience in the public and private markets, including serving as the Chief Operating Officer for Anadar ko Petroleum Corporation from December 2006 through March 2009, which was acquired by Occidental Petroleum (OXY: NYSE) in one of the largest merger and acquisitions in oil and gas history for USD $55 billion in 2019. In that role, Mr. Kurz had responsibility for global exploration and production, marketing, midstream, land, technology, and engineering services.

Karl joined Anadarko in 2000 and held various leadership positions in the marketing, midstream, exploration, and production areas. Mr. Kurz currently serves on the public boards of several multi-billion-dollar corporations, Devon Energy,Texas Pacific Land Corp. and American Water Works (AWK: NYSE) where he is the non-executive independent Chairman of the Board.

More recently, Karl was an operating adviser with Ares Capital, a leading specialty finance company, providing support on prospective and existing energy transactions. Karl was also a Managing Director with CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC and Co-Head of the Energy Group from September 2009 to September 2012. CCMPCapital Advisors is a leading global private equity firm specializing in buyouts and growth equity investments in companies ranging from$500 million to more than $3 billioninsize.

Mr. Kurz began his career with ARCO Oil &Gas Company in 1983 and spent the early portion of his career in various upstream, marketing, and midstream roles. He holds a Bachelor of Science in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University, graduating Magna Cum Laude in 1983. He is also a graduate of Harvard's Advanced Management Program in 2008.