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OPEC’s Barkindo dies, Nigerian oil official says
2022.07.06 09:06
Mohammad Barkindo, secretary-general of OPEC, addresses delegates at the opening of the Nigeria Oil & Gas 2022 meeting in Abuja, Nigeria July 5, 2022. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
(Reuters) – OPEC’s Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo has died, Mele Kyari, the chief executive of Nigerian National Petroleum Corp said on Wednesday.
“We lost our esteemed Dr Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo,” Kyari said on Twitter (NYSE:TWTR), adding that the death took place at about 11 p.m. on Tuesday.
The death was a “great loss to his immediate family, the NNPC, our country Nigeria, the OPEC and the global energy community,” he added.
