Iraq: Oil Ministry, changes and figuresnote

Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein Al-Shahristani comes to appoint four oil officials: Hameed Al-Saedi as Director-General (DG) of North Oil Company (NOC), Karim Hattab as DG of the Oil Exploration Co. (OEC), Fayyad Neeme as Director of the Oil Ministry’s Technical Department and Abdulmahdi Al-Ameedi as Director of the Oil Ministry’s Contracts and Licensing Department. The following 496-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what about the new officials and their political links.