RT - The Japanese company that owns the Kokuka Courageous tanker has said its crew spotted flying objects before the attack in the Gulf of Oman, contradicting US claims that the vessel was damaged by a naval mine. Yutaka Katada, president of Kokuka Sangyo, told reporters on Friday that sailors on board the ill-fated oil tanker observedflying objectsjust ...

MNA Asias top four buyers of Iranian crude - China, India, Japan and South Korea - imported a total 710,699 barrels per day of crude from Iran in January, 49 percent lower than the same month in 2018, but it is more likely that Iran's oil export to these countries would double in Feb. 2019, the data collated by Thomson Reuters showed. Buyers had ...

MNA Japanese refiner Cosmo Oil will load around 900,000 barrels of Iranian Heavy crude oil in early March as local refiners are rushing to lift as much barrels from Iran during the current 180-day US sanctions waivers, sources with direct knowledge of the matter told S&P Global Platts on Tuesday. According to S & P Global Cosmo Platts, ...

MNA Japan's largest refiner JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy is set to resume loading of Iranian crude oil as early as Monday, almost three months after the US sanctions waiver was granted. According to S&P Global Platts, the VLCC Eneos Breeze is scheduled to arrive at Iran's Kharg Island Monday to load the cargo. A JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy ...

MNA Cosmo Oil has started loading its first Iranian crude oil cargo, the latest Japanese refiner to resume import of Iranian oil more than two months after the US sanctions waiver was granted, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Monday. The VLCC Jin-Ei commenced loading 850,000 barrels of Iranian crude 200,000 barrels of Iranian ...

IRNA After China, South Korea, India and Turkey, Japan has also resumed importing Iran oil, Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said. Abdol Naser Hemmati wrote in his Instagram page on Sunday that 'In addition to tens of billions of dollars of the CBIs active resources with foreign banks, new oil revenues will gradually join the business ...

MNA Fuji Oil has loaded Iranian crude oil, the first cargo being lifted by the Japanese refiner since the country won a 180-day waiver from the US to import oil from Iran, a company official told S&P Global Platts Monday. The move also marks Japan's first loading of Iranian crude since the country won the 180-day waiver from the US on November ...

Press TV - Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso has pressed his UScounterpart Steven Mnuchin to ensure Japanese firms are not hurt by Washington's sanctions on Iran, Kyodo news agency reported Friday. The two men metin Bali, Indonesia, on the sidelines ofa gathering of finance leaders from the Group of 20 major economies, whichMnuchin used to promote ...

S&P Global Platts - Japanese delegates told US counterparts during a meeting in Washington Monday that Japanese corporate activities should not be impacted by looming sanctions against Iran, and the both sides agreed to continue discussions, Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement Tuesday. The meeting, the fourth round of its ...

S&P Global Platts - A Japanese buyer has loaded what appears to be the last Iranian oil cargoes for arrival in early October, ahead of US sanctions, as local importers step up procurements from alternative sources, market sources say. VLCC Yufusan is scheduled to arrive Japan on October 3 after loading oil at Assaluyeh and Kharg Island in Iran ...

Reuters - Japanese oil refiners will likely stop loading Iranian crude by mid-September with final shipments arriving in the first half of October, the head of the nations oil refiners association said on Thursday, as the U.S. pressures countries to halt such imports. U.S. President Donald Trumps administration has demanded nations cut all their ...

MNA Volume of Irans oil exports to Japan became twofold in October as compared with the contracts inked in mid-2016. Iran seeks to obtain 10% of the share in Japans three-million-barrel market in the post-JCPOA era and has begun a neck and neck rivalry with Qatar over the East Asian market. However, the biggest challenge facing the plan to ...

KHARG, IRAN The Persian Gulfs biggest oil terminal, located on Irans Kharg Island, is appealing for greater Japanese trade. Officials say they plan to reward Japan for its support during the years of sanctions with priority in deals and investment. Only 1 hours by air from Tehran, huge oil tankers swing into view as they lie anchored off the coast....

TEHRAN Oct. 13 (Shana) Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said there are an increasing number of companies from the worlds Asian heavyweight economy which are after restoring cooperation with Irans oil counterparts in the post-sanction era. Today, we exchanged views on expansion of economic ties, he told Shana following a meeting with Iranian ...

TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA) Japan's oil imports from Iran has reportedly increased to 230,000 barrels per day in March. Citing a Chinese website, IRNA reported on Tuesday that Japan's oil imports from Iran increased to 230,000 barrels per day in March which indicates a 48 percent growth compared to the figure for the same month last year. The ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry announced on Sunday that Tokyo imported 26 percent more oil from Iran in February 2015 than it did in January. According to a report released by the ministry, Japan's crude imports from Iran amounted to 1086 million kilo liters or 243,000 barrels per day, which shows a 26-percent ...

[caption id="attachment_133020" align="alignright" width="165"] An oil tanker loads gas in Assaluyeh seaport at the Persian Gulf, 1,400 km (870 miles) south of Tehran, Iran May 27, 2006.[/caption] TEHRAN (Tasnim) The Japanese oil imports from Iran in January 2015 reached 192,000 barrels per day (bpd), showing a 34 percent increase compared to the ...

TOKYO - Two of Japan's biggest buyers of Iranian crude, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp and Showa Shell Sekiyu KK, are set to keep their purchases from Tehran largely steady in 2015, their top officials said on Tuesday. JX, which sources said imported 53,000 barrels per day (bpd) of Iranian crude in 2014, will keep its volumes steady in the new term ...

New figures show Irans oil exports to Japan increased by more than 28 percent in October compared with the same period last year. According to the data released by Japans Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Friday, the worlds third-biggest economy imported 163,288 barrels per day (bpd) of Iranian crude during the period. India, Iran's top ...

(Reuters) -Japanmade a second payment toIranfor crude imports under an interim nuclear deal on Wednesday, diplomatic sources told Reuters, as the West eases a year-long stranglehold on revenues that has crippled the Iranianeconomy. Japan, which became the first of Iran's oil buyers to make a payment toIranlast month, deposited $450 million in funds ...