Tens of millions of barrels of Iranian oil already on tankers have been left in limbo after the US walked back a waiver allowing the Islamic Republic to sell the crude. There are around 63 million barrels of Iranian oil currently on the water, either in transit or idling, according to Bloomberg calculations based on Vortexa data. The crude is on vessels in the Persian Gulf and spread across Asian ...
Tens of millions of barrels of Iranian oil already on tankers have been left in limbo after the US walked back a waiver allowing the Islamic Republic to sell the crude. There are around 63 million barrels of Iranian oil currently on the water, either in transit or idling, according to Bloomberg calculations based on Vortexa data. The crude is on vessels in the Persian Gulf and spread across Asian waters. Most of these ships are not indicating a clear destination or are signaling that they’re available for orders, meaning they haven’t found a buyer. The US waiver , part of the interim peace deal between Washington and Tehran, was issued in late June and gave Iran 60 days to sell its oil without being subject to American sanctions. It was revoked in retaliation for Iranian attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. The waiver, together with the US lifting its blockade of Iranian ports, had prompted a surge in loading of Iranian crude. That oil will now be very difficult to sell, depriving the Islamic Republic of a much-needed source of revenue and also removing a key incentive intended to get Tehran to abide by a deal that calls for reopening the strait. United Against Nuclear Iran, a nonprofit organization, said it has tracked at least 19 Iranian oil and petrochemical loadings since the interim deal was signed. UANI has also identified at least 46 tankers laden with Iranian oil or fuel along the the country’s coastline. Read More: Iran’s Floating Oil Hoard Swells as Major Buyers Stay Away Even before the waiver was revoked, Tehran was struggling to sell its oil. That was partly due to a deluge of non-Iranian crude coming out of the Persian Gulf, meaning the barrels were no longer trading at a discount to alternatives, and also because buyers were wary of various risks still involved in the trade. Both state-owned National Iranian Oil Co. and middlemen hawking the country’s crude had been pushing to sell the supply in recent days, said traders with direct knowledge o...
The US carried out a new round of strikes in Iran targeting more than 80 sites and revoked a waiver allowing new sales of Iranian oil, further imperiling a peace agreement after a series of attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz. (Source: Bloomberg)
The US carried out a new round of strikes in Iran targeting more than 80 sites and revoked a waiver allowing new sales of Iranian oil, further imperiling a peace agreement after a series of attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz. (Source: Bloomberg)
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