Likely next NOC chief versed in northern Iraq complexities
Bashir Murad oversaw fields in the far reaches of northwest Iraq while developing high-level credentials with Baghdad.
Likely next North Oil Company Director General Bashir Murad (second from left) receives an award of appreciation from Mohammed al-Bayati (left), the head of the Badr Organization's Northern Branch on Jan. 19, 2020. (Source: North Oil Company media office)
KIRKUK - In mid January, a week after Bashir Murad was named as a deputy director general of the North Oil Company (NOC) with administrative authority to act as de facto director general, he received an important visitor.
Mohammed al-Bayati, a former federal parliamentarian, human rights minister, and now the head of the powerful Badr Organization's northern Iraq branch, came to congratulate him.
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