Iraq replaces head of oil marketing company
2023-03-12 00:00:00 - From: Iraq Oil Report
Ammar Abdal al-Anbagi (center right), the new director general of SOMO, presides over a ceremony on March 9, 2023, to inaugurate his new tenure, along with Alaa al-Yassiri (center left), the outgoing director general. (Photo credit: SOMO)
Iraq’s Oil Ministry announced the appointment of Ammar Abdal al-Anbagi as the new director general of oil marketing organization SOMO on Thursday with immediate effect.
A 30-year veteran at SOMO, Anbagi replaces Alaa al-Yassiri, who had held the position since September 2017 while also serving as his country’s OPEC governor. The reason for the change was not immediately clear.
