Economics
Iran Oil Lands in Europe for First Time Since Sanctions End
- Spanish refiner Cepsa offloads first tanker with Iranian crude
- France and Romania await cargoes as Iran slowly ramps up sales
Iran Delivers Its First Tanker of Crude to Europe
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The Monte Toledo oil tanker covered the uneventful voyage from Iran to Europe with a haul of 1 million barrels of crude in just 17 days, but its journey has been four years in the making.
On Sunday, the tanker became the first to deliver Iranian crude into Europe since mid-2012, when Brussels imposed an oil embargo in an attempt to force the Middle Eastern nation to negotiate the end of its nuclear program. The ban was lifted in January as part of a broader deal that ended a decade of sanctions.