Royale Energy announced that, effective June 1, 2018 Rod Eson has been appointed chief executive officer of the company by the board of directors. He was appointed to the company’s board of directors in January 2018. He is the chief executive officer of Foothill Energy, LLC, a position he has held since he founded Foothill Energy in 2004. Foothill owns and operates oil and gas properties in the central and northern valleys of California. Mr. Eson has owned and operated oil and gas production companies as well as oilfield service companies since 1979. From 2013 to 2015, he was chairman of the board of Enhanced Oil Resources, Inc. Mr. Rod Eson replaces Jonathan Gregory, who has resigned as CEO effective June 1, 2018. Mr. Gregory remains on the board of directors of the company.