In this file photo taken on December 23, 2018, Haitham al-Ghais, Kuwait's then-OPEC governor, looks on during a press conference at the end of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) meeting in Kuwait City. Top oil producers on January 3, 2022 appointed Kuwaiti oil executive and former diplomat Haitham al-Ghais as new secretary general of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). "The conference decided by acclamation to appoint by Mr Haitham al-Ghais of Kuwait as secretary general of the Organization, with effect from 1 August 2022, for a period of three years," the OPEC statement said. PHOTOS