RIYADH: OPEC secretary-general Mohammad Barkindo has died in Abuja, Nigeria at the age of 63, Arab News has learned. He will be buried in his home town of Yola, a source confirmed. The news of Barkindo’s death was confirmed by Mele Kyari, managing director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. In a tweet, Kyari described Barkindo’s death as a great loss to his immediate
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) secretary-general Mohammad Barkindo, an oil industry veteran who steered the group through the creation of the Opec+ alliance, has died in his native Nigeria, according to officials.
Russia s former president Dmitry Medvedev warned that a reported proposal from Japan to cap the price of Russian oil at around half its current level would lead to significantly less oil in the market and push prices above $300-$400 a barrel.