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OPEC’S Barkindo dies, Nigerian oil officials say

By Reuters
08 July 2022   |   11:17 am
OPEC's Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo has died, Mele Kyari, the chief executive of Nigerian National Petroleum Corp said on Wednesday.

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