{"id":62178,"date":"2018-05-13T23:02:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-13T22:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=62178"},"modified":"2018-05-13T23:02:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-13T22:02:13","slug":"kyari-nnpc-crude-oil-marketing-chief-appointed-nigerias-opec-national-representative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kyari-nnpc-crude-oil-marketing-chief-appointed-nigerias-opec-national-representative\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyari, NNPC Crude Oil Marketing Chief, Appointed Nigeria\u2019s OPEC National Representative"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">appointment of Mallam Mele Kyari, incumbent Group General Manager in<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">charge of its Crude Oil Marketing Division, as Nigeria\u2019s National<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Representative to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">(OPEC).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The NNPC in a statement by its Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Division, Ndu Ughamadu, said the appointment was made by Nigeria\u2019s Head of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Delegation to the OPEC Conference and the Honourable Minister of State for<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Petroleum Resources and Board Chairman of NNPC, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">It noted that the position requires Mallam Kyari to lead Nigeria\u2019s team to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the OPEC Economic Commission Board which precedes the bi-annual meetings<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">of the OPEC Ministerial conference.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The ECB reviews the global oil markets and makes input from the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">perspectives of the individual member countries.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The corporation further explained that Mallam Kyari may also be required<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">to provide any support to the Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Resources and the OPEC Governor in the performance of Nigeria\u2019s roles and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">participation in OPEC matters.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">A geologist, Mallam Kyari is a quintessential crude oil marketer with<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">prerequisite certification and outfield pedigree in petroleum economics<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">and crude oil and gas trading.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Within the last 26 years he has traversed the entire value chain of the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">petroleum industry posting resounding performance in all his assignments<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">and duty posts.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Under his watch, the Crude Oil Marketing Division has recorded noticeable<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">transformation in the management and sales of the various Nigeria\u2019s crude<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">oil grades via an infusion of transparency and automation of the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">processes.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced the appointment of Mallam Mele Kyari, incumbent Group General Manager in charge of its Crude Oil Marketing Division, as Nigeria\u2019s National Representative&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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