Iran began pumping 15,000b/d of crude oil from Azar oilfield, which it shares with Iraq. Azar development project is aimed at production of 65,000b/d of crude oil.
Vitol Group BV is offering to sell Nigerian crude oil from a storage terminal in South Africa, in what may be a signal that the global supply glut is beginning to ease.
Figures show that Saudi Arabia has lost a significant share of South Korea’s oil market to Iran, as South Korea doubled its imports of Iranian crude in January.