The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has appointed Mr Haitham Al-Ghais as the organisation’s Secretary General effective August 1, 2022. His appointment was made known at a Special Meeting OPEC, held via videoconference on Monday, 3 January 2022, under the Chairmanship of its President, His Excellency, Bruno Jean-Richard Itoua, Congo’s Minister of Hydrocarbons and