Oil Ministry shake-up

07 November 2003
Oil Minister Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum announced on 5 November the appointment of four new oil ministry directors as part of a shake-up of the ministry.

The new directors are: Nateq al-Bayati as head of exploration, Hazem al-Sultan as director of oil field development and Hassan al-Rifai is the new head of internal audits. Former ministry chief economist Shamkhi al-Faraj replaces Mohammed al-Jibouri as head of State Oil Marketing Organisation (SOMO).

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