Iran

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April 17, 2024
The idea of placing sanctions on importers of Iranian oil has been swiftly gaining momentum in Congress following the nation’s direct attack on Israel, and House and Senate leaders have been in discussions about how to move forward with legislation to do so.
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April 14, 2024
Trading resumed at 6pm New York time on Sunday. The risk of a direct Iranian attack on Israel was already at least partly priced in — benchmark Brent crude, up 17% so far this year, passed $90 a bbl after the strike on Iran’s embassy.
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March 15, 2024
Iranian companies were granted $13 billion in contracts on Sunday to boost production from six oil fields by as much as 350,000 bpd. The flagship projects include the development of the giant Azadegan field, which has an estimated 32 Bboe reserves, and Azar, both of which are shared with Iraq along Iran’s western and southwestern borders.
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November 15, 2023
The US will enforce oil sanctions against Iran amid the renewed conflict in the Middle East, a White House Energy adviser said Wednesday.
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October 2023
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October 11, 2023
Benchmark U.S. crude futures dropped below $85 a bbl on Wednesday as the conflict remained largely confined to Israel and Gaza. Iran is OPEC’s fourth-largest oil supplier, behind Saudi Arabia, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates.
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August 22, 2023
The Islamic republic expects to boost production to 3.4 MMbpd by the end of summer, according to Oil Minister Javad Owji. That would put output near Iran’s capacity limit of 3.8 MMbpd.
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August 21, 2023
TankerTrackers.com Inc., which provides data on oil cargo shipments to governments, insurers and other institutions, estimates that the Persian Gulf state exported 2.2 MMbpd of crude and condensates during the first 20 days of August.
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November 01, 2022
Russia started swapping oil products with Iran, Interfax reported, the latest sign of deepening ties between the two sanctioned countries pushed closer by Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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September 13, 2022
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said it was ‘unlikely’ the U.S. and Iran would reach a new nuclear deal anytime soon, adding to Western officials’ downbeat assessment over the prospects for reviving an accord that President Donald Trump abandoned in 2018.
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September 12, 2022
The International Atomic Energy Agency’s probe into Iran’s past nuclear activities has taken center stage in talks to resuscitate the 2015 deal, where success could unleash a surge in Iranian oil exports.
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August 29, 2022
Progress toward an Iranian nuclear deal has thrown the spotlight onto a sizeable cache of crude held by Tehran that could be swiftly dispatched to buyers in the event an agreement gets hammered out.
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August 16, 2022
A last-ditch attempt by Europe to revive the Iranian nuclear deal has stoked speculation that millions of barrels of oil are set to flood world markets. The return could be swift if Tehran’s previous comeback is any guide.
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July 20, 2022
Iran warned that proposed U.S. legislation targeting the Islamic Republic could further imperil stalled Biden administration efforts to resurrect the moribund nuclear deal.
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June 08, 2022
The U.S. may allow more sanctioned Iranian oil onto global markets even without a revival of the 2015 nuclear accord, according to the biggest independent crude trader.
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May 31, 2022
Iran’s seizure of two Greek oil tankers in the Persian Gulf raises the risk of further interruptions to shipments from a region that’s a vital source of global energy supplies.
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May 29, 2022
Iran’s foreign currency earnings from exports of oil, gas condensate, natural gas and petrochemicals rose more than 60% from March 21 to May 21, compared to the same period last year.
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May 27, 2022
Iranian forces seized two Greek oil tankers in the Persian Gulf in apparent retaliation for the detention of vessel off the coast of Greece.
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May 15, 2022
Iran has capacity to double oil exports if there’s sufficient demand, a top official said, even as a deal on the country’s nuclear program that could pave the way for the lifting of sanctions remain elusive.
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May 12, 2022
Two months after negotiators left Vienna, expectations are fading that Iran nuclear talks will resume, leaving the world with the remains of an agreement no one’s willing to pronounce dead.
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March 13, 2022
Oil resumed its decline after Iran carried out a missile strike in Iraq following the suspension of nuclear talks, while Russia’s bombardment of Ukraine prompted more calls to sideline the OPEC+ producer.
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