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.
Barkindo, 63, was in the final weeks of his six-year tenure as the top diplomat at the Opec, where he headed its Vienna-based secretariat. He had returned to Abuja in preparation for a post-Opec career.
