Traders will try to keep discharge options open so that they are able to anticipate any potential delays in discharging the cargoes.

Iran launched its first homegrown OSRV. Daryapak-1. in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas in June 2015.

Korpfjell is the fourth well that Statoil has drilled in its 2017 exploration campaign in the Barents Sea. which has been fairly disappointing so far.

Tokyo and Washington see quick. decisive action as necessary to avert a crisis

The Kurds have been seeking an independent state since at least the end of World War One.

In July. the US Senate approved a bill on new non-nuclear sanctions against Iranian individuals and entities over the country'.s missile program and alleged human rights violations.

The Middle East accounted for just under half of China’s crude oil imports in 2016.

Several Russian banks are already subject to U.S. and European Union sanctions.

The new company resulting from the merger is expected to be named National Energy Investment Corp.

Petrochemical sales account for 34.7% of Iran’s non-oil exports and 39.1% of industrial exports in terms of value in the period.