New leadership for South Gas Company
Ali Salman Majeed is named interim head of the state company responsible for boosting domestic gas supply and ending flaring in southern Iraq.
Engineer Ali Salman Majeed, the First Deputy Director General and Director of the Production Commission at Iraq's state-run South Gas Company, at his office in Basra in October 2024. (ALI AL-AQILY/Iraq Oil Report)
BASRA - Ali Salman Majeed has been appointed interim director general of the South Gas Company (SGC), a change in leadership at a state-run company with increasing prominence for Iraq's energy sector and international investors.
The outgoing director general, Hamza Abdul-Baqi, left his post on May 31 after reaching the mandatory retirement age, according to an Oil Ministry statement. Majeed was nominated to lead SGC the following day in a memorandum signed by Deputy Oil Minister for Gas Affairs Izzat Sabir, which was seen by Iraq Oil Report.
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