China Moves Another 2 Million Barrels of Iranian Oil into Reserve Tanks

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

China is set to receive close to two million barrels of Iranian oil this week and pump into a reserve base in south China, according to tanker tracker specialist Vortexa Analytics.

Diona, a very large crude carrier owned by National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC), is expected to discharge the oil into an oil terminal in Zhanjiang of Guangdong province, said Emma Li, Vortexa's China analyst.

This would be the third Iranian oil cargo destined for government stockpile following two similar-sized shipments in December and January.

This shipment is likely to be reported by Chinese customs which is due to release detailed commodities import data for May on June 20.

China's National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

NITC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Alongside the sporadic official imports of Iranian oil, China has over the past two years been buying large amount of Iranian oil despite the United States' sanctions on Iran's oil exports.

Volumes of China's Iranian oil purchases, passed off as oil from suppliers like Malaysia, Oman or Iraq, make up roughly 7% of China's total crude oil imports.


(Reuters - Reporting by Chen Aizhu; additional reporting by Parisa Hafezi in Dubai; Editing by Louise Heavens)

Categories: Tankers Oil China

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