OPEC Secretary General congratulates President Vladimir Putin on his birthday anniversary
7 October 2018 | Vienna, Austria
Vienna, Austria, 7 October 2018--OPEC Secretary General, HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, extended birthday congratulations to the Russian President, HE Vladimir Putin. He thanked the President for his pivotal contribution to the 'Declaration of Cooperation' process and looked forward to further cooperation in the future. HE Barkindo wished the President long life, good health and many more years of service to Russia.
Read moreOPEC to launch 2018 Annual Statistical Bulletin
6 June 2018 | Vienna, Austria
Vienna, Austria, 6 June 2018--On Thursday, June 7, the OPEC Secretariat will launch the 53rd edition of the Annual Statistical Bulletin (ASB). This year’s edition provides updated statistical data on the oil and natural gas activities of each of OPEC’s 14 Member Countries. It also contains valuable industry data for various countries around the world and for the world’s major economic areas.
Read moreIn pilgrimage tour, OPEC’s Secretary General visits India’s historic Digboi Refinery, first oil well
14 April 2018 | Digboi, India
Digboi, India, 14 April 2018--OPEC’s Secretary General HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo and an OPEC delegation visited on Friday one of the world’s oldest refineries, Digboi, and oil well No.1 in the remote northeastern corner of the country, which is the birthplace of the oil industry in India’s Assam state.
Read moreOPEC’s Secretary General meets with India’s Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister
10 April 2018 | Digboi, India
New Delhi, India, 10 April 2018--OPEC’s Secretary General, HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo and an OPEC delegation met today in New Delhi with HE Dharmendra Pradhan, India’s Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and the Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship of India, and an accompanying Indian delegation.
Read moreOPEC Secretary General meets Ambassador of the Russian Federation
9 April 2018 | Vienna, Austria
Vienna, Austria, 9 April 2018--OPEC Secretary General, HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, met the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Austria and the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations and International Organizations in Vienna, HE Mikhail Ulyanov, on 6 April 2018, at the OPEC headquarters in Vienna. They discussed a number of issues including the current oil market situation, the landmark `Declaration of Cooperation` and the evolution of the relationship between OPEC and the Russian Federation.
Read moreOPEC Secretary General meets with Iraqi Prime Minister
29 March 2018 | Vienna, Austria
Baghdad, Iraq, 29 March 2018--OPEC’s Secretary General, HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, and an accompanying delegation met with Iraqi Prime Minister HE Haider al-Abadi in Baghdad today. Also present at the high-level meeting was Iraq’s Oil Minister, HE Jabbar Ali Hussein Al-luiebi.
Read moreOPEC Secretary General meets with Speaker of Iraq’s Parliament
28 March 2018 | Baghdad, Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq, 28 March 2018--The Secretary General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, and an accompanying delegation met with the Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, HE Salim Al-Jabouri, on Tuesday in Baghdad. The meeting was also attended by Iraq’s Oil Minister, HE Jabbar Ali Hussein Al-luiebi.
Read moreOPEC Secretary General speaks at 4th Iraq Energy Forum
28 March 2018 | Baghdad, Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq, 28 March 2018--OPEC’s Secretary General, HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, took part in a plenary session entitled “Energy, Economy and Geopolitics” at the 4th Iraq Energy Forum on Wednesday, 28 March 2018.
Read moreOPEC Secretary General meets with Iraqi President
26 March 2018 | Baghdad, Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq, 26 March 2018--OPEC's Secretary General, HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, met with Iraq's President, HE Fuad Masum, today in Baghdad. The President reiterated Iraq’s commitment to the 'Declaration of Cooperation', signed by 24 oil producing countries on 10 December 2016, through which production levels were voluntarily adjusted to reduce the stock overhang and bring about a return of market stability.
Read moreOPEC Secretary General meets with Iraqi Oil Minister
26 March 2018 | Baghdad, Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq, 26 March 2018--OPEC's Secretary General, HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, met with Iraqi Oil Minister, HE Jabbar Ali Hussein Al-luiebi, today in Baghdad. They discussed the oil market outlook and efforts by OPEC and non-OPEC signatories of the 'Declaration of Cooperation' to rebalance the oil market.
Read moreBaghdad, Iraq, 26 March 2018--OPEC's Secretary General, HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, met with Iraqi Oil Minister, HE Jabbar Ali Hussein Al-luiebi, today in Baghdad. They discussed the oil market outlook and efforts by OPEC and non-OPEC signatories of the 'Declaration of Cooperation' to rebalance the oil market.
21 March 2018 | Baku, Azerbaijan
Baku, Azerbaijan, 21 March 2018--OPEC Secretary General, HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, met with the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, HE Ilham Aliyev and HE Parviz Shahbazov, Minister of Industry and Energy, as well as other senior Azerbaijani officials, in Baku, during a visit to Azerbaijan from 18-19 March 2018.
Read moreOPEC Secretary General congratulates Chancellor Angela Merkel on her reelection
20 March 2018 | Vienna, Austria
Vienna, Austria, 20 March 2018--OPEC Secretary General, HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, has extended his congratulations to HE Angela Merkel, following her reelection as Chancellor of Germany for the fourth time. The Secretary General said that it is truly an amazing achievement to have been Chancellor since 2005 and over the past 13 years she has fulfilled this role with great dignity and gravity.
Read moreOPEC Secretary General congratulates Russian President Vladimir Putin on his reelection
19 March 2018 | Vienna, Austria
Vienna, Austria, 19 March 2018--OPEC Secretary General, HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, has extended his congratulations to HE Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, following his election victory on Sunday. The Secretary General commended President Putin for his engagement and pivotal contribution to the ongoing success of the landmark ‘Declaration of Cooperation’ between OPEC and non-OPEC producing countries. The Russian Federation and OPEC currently enjoy excellent relations and the Secretary General stated that he looked forward to further strengthening collaboration going forward.
Read moreMinisterial plenary at CERAWeek
7 March 2018 | Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas, 7 March 2018--CERAWeek 2018 on March 6 played host to a high-level ministerial plenary session among a selection of ministers from the landmark ‘Declaration of Cooperation’.
Read moreOPEC Secretary General interviewed by CNBC at CERAWeek 2018
7 March 2018 | Houston, Texas
OPEC Secretary General, HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, discusses the current oil market environment and the investment challenge with Brian Sullivan, news anchor at CNBC.
Read moreOPEC and IEA share the stage at CERAWeek
6 March 2018 | Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas, 6 March 2018--OPEC Secretary General, HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, was Monday (March 5) joined by the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Dr. Fatih Birol, in a two-man plenary session at the CERAWeek 2018 in Houston. The energy dialogue was moderated by Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman, IHS Markit, and Chairman of CERAWeek.
Read moreOPEC Secretary General congratulates HE Khalid A. Al-Falih on ’International Oil Diplomacy of the Year 2017’ Award
15 February 2018 | Vienna, Austria
Vienna, Austria, 15 February 2018--OPEC Secretary General, HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, has congratulated HE Khalid A. Al-Falih, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources, on the bestowing of the ‘International Oil Diplomacy of the Year 2017’ Award. The Secretary General said that the award was a well-deserved recognition for HE Al-Falih’s outstanding and momentous leadership as President of the OPEC Conference in 2017. The Award will be presented at the Energy Institute’s International Petroleum Week on 22 February in London.
Read moreOPEC Secretary General meets with Nigerian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
14 February 2018 | Vienna, Austria
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 14 February 2018--OPEC Secretary General, HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, paid a courtesy visit to the Ambassador of Nigeria to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, HE Isa Dodo, during the 8th IEA-IEF-OPEC Symposium on Energy Outlooks in Riyadh today. The Symposium is part of a broad work programme undertaken by the three organizations as mandated by energy ministers at the 12th IEF Ministerial Meeting held in Cancún, Mexico, on 30-31 March 2010.
Read moreOPEC Secretary General delivers keynote speech at Egypt Petroleum Show 2018
12 February 2018 | Vienna, Austria
On Monday, 12 February 2018, OPEC’s Secretary General, HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, delivered a keynote speech during the Presidential Opening Ceremony at this year’s Egypt Petroleum Show held in Cairo, Egypt.
Read moreOPEC Secretary General participates in Egypt Petroleum Show 2018
12 February 2018 | Vienna, Austria
Cairo, Egypt, 12 February 2018--HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo today shared a platform at the Egypt Petroleum Show (EGYPS) 2018 with HE Abbas Al Naqi, Secretary General of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) and HE Dr Yury Sentyurin, Secretary General, of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), in a panel session moderated by Eithne Treanor, CEO, E Treanor Media.
Read moreOPEC Secretary General meets with President of Ecuador and Minister of Hydrocarbons in Quito
7 February 2018 | Vienna, Austria
Quito, Ecuador, 7 February 2018--HE Lenín Moreno, the President of Ecuador, yesterday received HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, Secretary General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), in Quito, Ecuador.
Read moreOPEC Secretary General meets with Venezuela’s President, Petroleum Minister
6 February 2018 | Vienna, Austria
Caracas, Venezuela, 6 February 2018--OPEC Secretary General, HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, met with HE Nicolás Maduro Moros, the President of Venezuela, in Caracas, where they discussed various issues related to energy and the oil markets.
Read moreOPEC Secretary General meets with President of Azerbaijan
25 January 2018 | Vienna, Austria
Davos, Switzerland, 25 January 2018--OPEC Secretary General, HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, met bilaterally with HE Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting, which is being held in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, from 23-26 January.
Read moreOPEC Secretary General meets with Prime Minister of Denmark
25 January 2018 | Vienna, Austria
Davos, Switzerland, 25 January 2018--OPEC Secretary General, HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, met with HE Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, where they discussed various issues related to energy and climate change. This included talks on the ‘Paris Agreement’, as well as positive discussions on the active participation of OPEC Member Countries in COP meetings and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Read moreOPEC Secretary General meets with Vice President of Nigeria
25 January 2018 | Vienna, Austria
Davos, Switzerland, 25 January 2018--HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, OPEC Secretary General, met with the Vice President of Nigeria, HE Professor Yemi Osinbajo, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos.
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