Report: India Lets State Refiners to Use Iran tankers, Insurance for Crude Imports
India allowed its state refiners to import Iranian oil with Tehran arranging tankers and insurance after firms, including the country’s top shipper Shipping Corp of India (SCI) (SCI.NS) halted voyages to Iran due to the re-imposition of the US sanctions, media reports said. New Delhi is attempting to keep Iranian oil flowing mirrors a step […]
New Delhi is attempting to keep Iranian oil flowing mirrors a step by China, where buyers are shifting nearly all their Iranian oil imports to vessels owned by National Iranian Tanker Co (NITC), Reuters reported.
The moves by the two top buyers of Iranian crude indicate that Iran may not be fully cut off from global oil markets from November, when US sanctions against Tehran’s petroleum sector are due to start.
President Donald Trump ordered the re-imposition of economic curbs after withdrawing the United States from a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers. No one trading with Iran will do business with America, he said.
“We have the same situation (as most Western shippers) because there is no cover, so we cannot go (to Iran),” an SCI official told Reuters.
New Delhi turned to the NITC fleet after most insurers and reinsurers had begun winding down services for Iran, wanting to avoid falling foul of the sanctions given their large exposure to the United States.
SCI had a contract until August to import Iranian oil for Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) (MRPL.NS), two sources familiar with the matter said.
Eurotankers, which had a deal with MRPL to import two Iranian oil cargoes every month, has also said it cannot undertake Iranian voyages from September, the sources said.
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