Barkindo was in the final weeks of his six-year tenure as the top diplomat at the oil cartel
Opec secretary-general Mohammad Barkindo, an oil industry veteran who steered the oil cartel through the creation of the Opec+ alliance, has died in his native Nigeria, the group said.
Barkindo oversaw one of the most turbulent periods in the organisation’s history, beginning with the creation of the Opec+ coalition just months after his appointment in 2016. That resulted in the group entering into a once-unthinkable partnership with non-members such as Russia. Barkindo engaged in a flurry of shuttle diplomacy to bring the oil producers together, personally meeting leaders including Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
“Barkindo was a friend to Iraq and loved its people,” said Iraqi oil minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar. “He was keen on strengthening Opec’s role in stabilising oil markets in the face of challenges that had stormed the oil sector and the global economy.”
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