"The Oil Ministry's tactics in exporting oil
and petroleum products have changed, ... and perhaps the
destinations of oil cargoes from our ports have changed," Hadi
Haqshenas, maritime affairs deputy director at Iran’s Ports and
Maritime Organization, told ILNA.
Haqshenas gave no details of the new tactics or destinations.
Iranian crude oil exports have fallen in May to 500,000 barrels
per day (bpd) or lower, tanker data showed and industry sources
said, after the United States tightened the screws on Tehran's
main source of income, deepening global supply losses.
Iranian exports have become more opaque since U.S. re-imposed
sanctions in November after pulling out of a 2015 nuclear accord
between Tehran and six world powers.
Tehran no longer reports its production figures to the
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and
there is no definitive information on exports.
"Of course, it cannot be denied that the loading of oil and
products has fallen compared to the past, but the shipping of
oil cargoes from out ports has definitely not stopped,"
Haqshenas said, without giving figures.
(Reporting by Dubai newsroom. Editing by Jane Merriman)
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