Oil Ministry names new head of contracts
Bassim Taher Abid is tapped as the new acting director of the Petroleum Contracts and Licensing Directorate as the ministry gears up for two new licensing rounds.
The Majnoon contract being initialed by Shell Vice President Mounir Bouaziz on Dec. 20, 2009. (BEN LANDO/Iraq Oil Report)
NASSIRIYA - Iraqi Oil Minister Hayyan Abdulghani has appointed Bassim Taher Abid as the new acting director general of the Petroleum Contracts and Licensing Directorate (PCLD), according to an official order obtained by Iraq Oil Report.
Abid was previously a deputy director general at the state-run Basra Oil Company (BOC), where he oversaw planning and budget affairs. The PCLD post has been vacant since July, when Ali Maarij, the former director general, was promoted to deputy minister.
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