India said Tuesday it would cut purchases of Iranian oil by 11 percent following pressure from the United States to join a drive to isolate the Islamic republic over its disputed nuclear programme. full story ![]()
Iran was India's seventh-largest supplier of crude oil for the first nine months of this fiscal year, slipping from third position after Western sanctions on Tehran forced Indian refiners to cut imports from the Persian Gulf country.
wsj.com (2 months and 6 days ago)
As US and European sanctions cripple its economy, Iran on Saturday offered India a new production sharing regime for oil exploration in an attempt to keep its third largest buyer of oil engaged.
indiatimes.com (15 days ago)

Oil giant owes Iran for oil purchases made before sweeping sanctions were imposed on the country last year.
telegraph.co.uk (2 months and 1 day ago)
Global sanctions cut Iran's crude oil exports by 39% in 2012, to 1.5 million barrels a day, the lowest level since 1986, during the Iran-Iraq war, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said.
wsj.com (21 days ago)
Global sanctions cut Iran's crude oil exports by 39% in 2012, to 1.5 million barrels a day, the lowest level since 1986, during the Iran-Iraq war, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said.
wsj.com (20 days ago)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday Turkey had already significantly reduced its oil imports from Iran, which is under the choke of Western sanctions, and further cutbacks would depend on his country's energy needs. "On crude oil, there has been a significant decrease in the amount of oil we import from Iran ... As to whether we would...
yahoo.com (2 days ago)

India is set to halt all crude imports from Iran because insurance companies in the country have said refineries processing the oil will no longer be covered due to Western sanctions, the head of refiner MRPL said on Friday.
moneycontrol.com (2 months and 13 days ago)

Iran's oil export revenues are helping Indian rice exporters to claw back some of the lucrative business lost to cross-border truckers in Pakistan as a result of Western sanctions.
moneycontrol.com (2 months and 14 days ago)
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's oil ministry says the country is considering exporting oil to North Korea as a way to improve its battered economy.The official IRNA news agency quoted on Saturday Oil Minister Rostam Ghasemi as saying talks are underway between Tehran and Pyongyang on oil exports.An oil deal would bring the two nations deeply at odds with the U.S. and the West closer...
bostonherald.com (29 days ago)
Notwithstanding sanctions against Iran, India is set to scale up economic and commercial engagement with it with proposals for joint investment in infrastructure and joint exploration of oil high on the agenda.
india.com (13 days ago)
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