Posted on 07/11/2018 6:40:54 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Indian refiners cut imports of Iranian oil last month as they started weaning their plants off crude from the country to avoid sanctions by the United States that are set to take effect in November.
India’s monthly oil imports from Iran declined to 592,800 barrels per day (bpd) in June, down 16 percent from May, according to data from industry and shipping sources.
The United States in May said it would reimpose the sanctions after withdrawing from a 2015 agreement with Iran, Russia, China, France, Germany, and Britain, where Tehran agreed to curb its nuclear activities in return for the lifting of earlier sanctions.
The government of India, Iran’s top oil client after China, asked refiners last month to prepare for drastic reductions or even zero Iranian oil imports. …
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Good on them, I don’t trust them for **** but ya gotta pitch a deal
I pitched a 10 billion dollar contract in the Bush days, got snubbed, But IMHO India is the key in that region.
USSR is on the run, but China is on the rise
So who ya gonna dance with?
That got my attention. Well done, India!
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