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Iran to increase oil export to China to 500,000 bpd in 2012
The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has reached an agreement with the International United Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (UNIPEC) to increase oil exports to China to 500,000 barrels per day (bpd).The agreement with UNIPEC, indicates that a decline in Iranian crude exports to China earlier this year was due to a commercial dispute rather than political reasons, Dow Jones Newswires reported
According to the report, the deal is another sign that China has no immediate plans to obey US sanctions, which were toughened late last year to increase pressure on Iran over its peaceful nuclear activities.
Major Asian oil consumers, China, India, and South Korea, along with Iraq and Turkey have already asked for waivers on US oil sanctions against Iran.
Iran's deputy oil minister headed a delegation to China this week to negotiate a new crude supply contract and other joint projects in oil, gas and petrochemicals with Beijing.
The new agreement comes following those negotiations and is expected to increase Iran's oil shipments to China to above 500,000 barrels a day in 2012.
During a briefing in Washington on February 14, China's Deputy Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai dismissed US-led sanctions on Iran to force the Islamic Republic into freezing its peaceful nuclear program, stressing that Beijing intends to pursue its "legitimate economic interests" with Tehran.
The United States, Israel, and their allies accuse Tehran of pursuing military objectives in its nuclear program with Washington and Tel Aviv repeatedly threatening Tehran with the "option" of a military strike against its atomic facilities.
Iran argues that as a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency, it has every right to develop and acquire nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
© Tehran Times 2012
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