Reuters - China imported Iranian crude oil in July for the second month since a U.S. sanctions waiver ended, according to research from three data firms, with one estimate showing some oil entered tanks holding the countrys strategic reserves. According to the firms, which track tanker movements, between 4.4 million and 11 million barrels of Iranian ...

The New York Times - China and other countries are receiving oil shipments from a larger number of Iranian tankers than was previously known, defying sanctions imposed by the United States to choke off Tehrans main source of income, an investigation by The New York Times has found. The Times examined the movements of more than 70 Iranian tankers ...

Press TV - The US State Department is seriously considering using an Obama-era loophole to allow China to import oil from Iran, violating the Trump administrations earlier pledge to bring Iranian oil exports down to zero, a report said. Only last week, a senior State Department official handling Iran said the US would sanction any imports of Iranian ...

Reuters - Two Trump administration officials said on Friday that neither a wind-down period nor a short-term waiver on Chinas oil purchases from Iran are being contemplated after Washington surprised Irans customers on Monday by demanding they halt the purchases by May 1 or face sanctions. The administration has been clear to China, Irans top ...

MNA China's crude oil imports from Iran hit a seven-month high in March of 2.3 million mt, or 543,367 b/d, the latest data from Chinas General Administration of Customs showed. The previous highest monthly level was 3.28 million mt, recorded in August, Platts reported. The March volume, days before the expiry of US waivers on the imports of ...

China's crude imports from Iran fell 11.6 percent in April from record shipments a year ago but were still the highest in 11 months, official customs data showed on Friday. China's imports last month from Iran were 2.91 million tons, or 707,400 barrels per day (bpd), up 10.8 percent from March on a daily basis and the highest since last May, Reuters ...

Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met US Secretary of State John Kerry in Davos, Switzerland, and then warned Washington against any new sanctions to pressure Tehran over its nuclear program. Speaking on a panel at the World Economic Forum, Zarif said that if the US Congress imposes more sanctions, the Iranian Parliament will adopt something ...

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BEIJING, Dec 22 (Reuters) - China's crude oil imports from Iran fell 2.6 percent in November from a year ago but were up more than half from October, customs data showed on Monday. November imports hit 2.13 million tonnes, or 517,560 barrels per day (bpd), up 53 percent from 338,635 bpd in October. As Iran's largest oil client, China brought in ...

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Iran has renewed its oil export contracts with its Asian buyers, agreeing to deliver 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) to China, a senior Iranian oil official says. Iran has reached an agreement with China for the export of more than 400,000 bpd, Mohsen Qamsari, director general for international affairs at the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), said ...

[caption id="attachment_28161" align="alignright" width="180"] A Chinese oil tanker[/caption] BEIJING, April 21 (Reuters) -China's March crude oil imports from Iran rose more than a third from a year ago, keeping imports in the first three months of 2014 close to the levels seen before Western sanctions were applied more than two years ago. China's ...

China's crude oil imports from Iran during the first two months of 2014 have risen 36.2 percent year-on-year as sanctions eased against the Islamic Republic, official data show. Customs data released on Friday showed China lifted 558,877 barrels per day (bpd) of oil from Iran in January and February, Reuters reported. Chinas February oil shipments ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Obama administration officials faced the prospect of contentious questioning Thursday from lawmakers about reports that China and India are significantly expanding imports of Iranian petroleum. When world powers reached an interim nuclear deal with Iran three months ago, U.S. officials stressed that they weren't easing oil trade ...

BEIJING: Iran's top two oil customers China and India have boosted imports in January, taking in close to the total volume it is permitted to sell to all buyers following the recent easing of sanctions. The jumps indicate Iran's total sales in January to its four biggest buyers topped the one million barrels per day (bpd) level at which world powers ...

Chinese purchases of crude boosted Iran's oil exports in January, an energy watchdog said Thursday, confirming an easing of the Islamic Republic's economic hardship after a sanctions-relief deal with Western nations. In its closely watched monthlyoil market report, the International Energy Agency, which represents some of the world's largest oil consumers,...

China allegedly is the quiet giant in the latest diplomatic campaign to prevent Iran from getting a bomb. As Tehrans largest trading partner, Beijing has enormous political and economic leverage over the Islamic Republic. As a veto-wielding member of the United Nations, its position can also make or break any resolution. China has often followed Russias ...

BEIJING, Jan 21 (Reuters) - China's daily Iranian crude oil imports fell 2.2 percent to 428,840 barrels per day in 2013, a smaller-than-expected drop than previously forecast due to imports of condensate by an independent firm. The annual cut, though less than expected, is unlikely to have repercussions forChinaover U.S. sanctions and comes as Washington ...

BEIJING(Reuters) - China may buy more Iranian oil next year as a state trader is negotiating a new light crude contract that could raise imports from Tehran to levels not seen since tough Western sanctions were imposed in 2012, running the risk of upsetting Washington. An increase would go against the spirit of November's breakthrough agreement relaxing ...