Trillion Energy International Inc. provided an update on a senior executive appointment and new management hires as follows. Kubilay Yildirim has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer for Trillion. He has been the General Manager of Park Place Energy Turkey Limited, Trillion's Turkiye subsidiary.

He is also a director of Trillion. Mr. Yildirim has 24 years hands-on experience in drilling, production, seismic acquisition, and logistics for both onshore and offshore projects in Turkey. He has spent most of his career with the Company including during the discovery and initial development of the SASB gas field.

Mr. Yildirim has a degree in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering from Middle East Technical University and an MBA from Bilgi University in Istanbul. Mr. Huseyin Nevzat Topaloglu is appointed SASB Project Manager. He has a BS Degree in Petroleum Engineering from Middle East Technical Univ.

and MS Degree in Petroleum Engineering from Stanford University (1971). He worked as a well-site drilling engineer, drilling supervisor, senior staff drilling engineer and drilling manager in several companies and has fifty years of experience in operation execution and planning and designing oil and gas wells in Turkey, the Aegean Sea, Black Sea, Sea of Marmara, Israel and Libya. Mr. Fadil Duman is appointed SASB Drilling Manager.

He has 18 years of experience in the oil and gas industry focused on drilling, completion and workover engineering matters for land and subsea wells. He started his career in Turkish Petroleum Corporation then followed by Chevron, Petoil Inc, Crescent Petroleum and Park Place Energy. Fadil served in different locations such as Middle East countries and the Western Atlantic Coast of Central Africa countries.

He is additionally a skilled expert on deep-water drilling design and operations. Fadil holds several licenses and certifications and holds a BSc. degree in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering from Istanbul Technical University.

Mr. Gokhan Solak is appointed SASB Senior Drilling Engineer. He has 15+ years of experience including 4 years in offshore wells and 11 years in onshore wells as a Drilling Supervisor. He has worked at offshore wells in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea and has experience in Northern Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kazakhstan regions.

Gokhan has a Bachelor of Science degree from Middle East Technical University, Petroleum and Natural Gas Department. Mr. Ergin Ince is appointed Shorebase Manager. He has 20 years of experience in several E&P companies, for both offshore and onshore projects as Procurement and Shorebase Manager.

He has undertaken the responsibilities in designing procurement policies, quality management systems, logistics modelling and planning, shorebase configuration and installation and management, and marine services. Ergin has a degree in department of public finance from Uludag University.