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Asia’s Iran Crude Oil Imports to Regain Levels Prior to EU Insurance Ban

Asia’s crude imports from Iran are set to recover in September to levels reached before a July 1 insurance ban by the European Union plunged trade with the Islamic Republic into uncertainty not seen in decades. Top Asian buyers — …

Iran Oil Shipments Skirting Tanker Insurance Ban

Iran is shipping oil to China, its top buyer, despite a row over freight terms, and Japan has taken steps to resume imports in August as Tehran finds ways to get around Western sanctions on ship insurance for its drastically …

Oil Market Shrugs at Imminent Iran Tanker Insurance Ban

In less than two weeks, Iran’s biggest oil buyers will lose access to the London-based insurance market that protects 95 percent of the world’s tanker shipments against oil spills or catastrophic collisions. Barring an unexpected last-minute deal to relax European …