OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo dies, Nigerian oil official says

OPEC’s Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo has died, Mele Kyari, the chief government of Nigerian National Petroleum Corp stated on Wednesday.

Barkindo, who was 63 years previous, was because of step down on the finish of this month after six years as OPEC’s secretary-general.

“We lost our esteemed Dr Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo,” Kyari stated on Twitter, including that he died late on Tuesday.

The dying was a “great loss to his immediate family, the NNPC, our country Nigeria, the OPEC and the global energy community,” he added.

Kyari stated Barkindo died hours after assembly Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and giving the primary speech at an power summit in Abuja.

Barkindo stated the oil and gasoline business is “under siege” because of years of under-investment, including that the ensuing provide scarcity may very well be eased if further manufacturing from Iran and Venezuela was allowed to stream.