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Nigeria’s Mohammed Barkindo named new OPEC secretary-general
Friday, June 3, 2016
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has chosen Nigeria’s Mohammed Barkindo, a former head of state oil firm NNPC (Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation), as the next secretary-general of the producer group.
OPEC has been looking for a replacement for Libya’s Abdullah al-Badri, who was elected acting secretary-general in December until the end of July after serving full terms.
Barkindo led the NNPC from 2009 to 2010.
OPEC oil ministers met on Thursday in Vienna. The consensus of all members – which in the past has sometimes been elusive – was required for the appointment of a new secretary-general.