According to Tansim News Agency, South Africa has formally announced its readiness to resume crude imports from Iran, once sanctions were fully lifted.
“We are laying the necessary groundwork for gas exports” to the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman, announced Managing Director of the National Iranian Gas Exports Company (NIGEC) Ali Reza Kameli
Kuwait has reportedly summoned the Iranian charge d’affaires to protest against a bid by Iran to develop unilaterally the disputed offshore Durra gas field
Informed sources told the Wall Street Journal that Algerian Oil Minister Salah Khebri had written to OPEC warning that a new drop in oil prices may warrant fresh discussions over the organization's strategy.