Empire Oil & Gas NL announced that Peter Jans has been appointed to its Board. The appointment follows the resignation of Dr. Bevan Warris as an Empire director on 20 December 2013 and ensures the company meets its obligations under ASX listing rules to maintain a minimum of three directors. Mr. Jans is Group General Counsel and Company Secretary at ERM Power and has practised as a lawyer for over 30 years in the corporate, property, international investment, energy and resource sectors, particularly in compliance and corporate governance areas.