Mohammed Barkindo

Barkindo: Why OPEC’s alliance with non-members have been successful

The Secretary General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Dr. Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, has explained why the alliance the cartel entered with non-members of OPEC led by the Russian Federation to rebalance the prices of crude oil has remained successful. Barkindo, said while receiving the ‘Africa Oil Man of the Year’ award recently […]

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Mohammed Barkindo

Crude oil market re-balancing in sight, says OPEC Secretary-General

OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo said on Thursday there is no doubt that in the wake of efforts by global oil producers to curb production, the crude market is re-balancing, and doing so at an accelerating pace. “There is no doubt that this market is rebalancing at an accelerating pace,” Barkindo said in a speech at […]

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OPEC Secretary General visits Buhari in London

The Secretary General to OPEC, Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, has visited Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in London at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner – Abuja House. A statement from OPEC said the Secretary General noted that “President Buhari has made a remarkable recovery. He was in pretty good shape, full of humour.” The two […]

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Nigeria Mohammed Barkindo appointed as OPEC secretary-general

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries has appointed a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Mohammed Barkindo, as its Secretary-General. Barkindo’s appointment was confirmed on Thursday by Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu. Kachikwu, who tweeted the appointment and photographs of himself and the new OPEC […]

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Barkindo likely to become OPEC secretary-general

OPEC is likely to choose Nigeria’s Mohammed Barkindo, a former head of state oil firm NNPC, as the next secretary-general of the producer group, three sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday, Reuters report. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has been looking for a replacement for Libya’s Abdullah al-Badri, who was […]

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