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Oil insurance sanctions from EU to ease against Iran next week

January 16, 2014January 14, 2014 Julie Campbell

Pending the go-ahead from the U.N nuclear watchdog changes will go into effect on January 20. The governments in the European Union are planning to implement relief to the EU oil insurance and other sanctions that were placed against Iran, on January 20, the day after a nuclear agreement goes into effect. This will mean that the Middle Eastern country will be able to find coverage for its crude exports. Following an accord from November 24, the E.U. will be implementing a six month suspension of the current bans on…

Oil insurance between India and Iran hits delay

October 10, 2013October 8, 2013 Julie Campbell

oil insurance news Iran imports stopped from india

This has led the container and crude trade between the countries to experience a considerable disruption. Uncertainty over oil insurance coverage has caused crude and container trade between India and Iran to grind to a halt in some areas and face massive disruptions in others, as certain ships now find themselves stranded outside the ports of both of those nations. These delays have happened as a result of the lack of approval from New Delhi regarding the Iranian coverage. The Indian approval had not yet been granted to Iranian underwriters…

Iran shows oil exports to Asia may return to levels before EU ban

August 30, 2012August 30, 2012 H. Cutner

Crude imports to several countries will likely reach the quantities from before July 1. At the start of July, the European Union made insurance news when it banned coverage on all tankers shipping oil from Iran, but over the last few months, that Middle Eastern country has recovered its shipments to its top Asian buyers, successfully enough that it may return to the levels that it saw before the sanctions went into place. In July, oil exports from Iran plummeted when other countries couldn’t find the coverage they needed. This…