March 31, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Oilsands Quest Inc. (AMEX: BQI) has appointed Susan MacKenzie as chief operating officer of the company.

MacKenzie was with Petro-Canada for the past twelve years in various strategic, operational and technical roles. As the vice-president and general manager of In Situ Oilsands Development and Operations, MacKenzie was responsible for leading the construction and development of the 30,000 barrel-per-day MacKay River thermal oil sands project and the acquisition and development of the Dover lands and related technology.

Her industry experience also includes 14 years with Amoco Canada, the last four at the Wolf Lake heavy oil project.

Most recently, MacKenzie spent two years as Petro-Canada's vice-president of Human Resources.

Canada-based Oilsands Quest is developing an oil sands discovery in Canada while exploring one of Canada's holdings of contiguous oil sands permits and licenses, located in Saskatchewan and Alberta.

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