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Venezuela announces delivery of

third Iranian-built crude oil tanker

MIDDLE EAST VENEZUELAN President Nicolas Maduro Venezuela received its second Iranian tanker,
has announced the delivery to his country of an Aframax vessel with a deadweight of 80,000
an “advanced” oil tanker made in Iran as part of to 120,000 tonnes and the capacity to transport
a bilateral arrangement, Tasnim News Agency 113,000 tonnes (750,000 barrels) of oil, on June
reported on September 18. 11 of this year.
“We have just received a ship with the most Maduro announced in June that a fourth
advanced engineering and technology in the tanker would be delivered by Iran to PDVSA
world,” Maduro said, according to Venezuelan in 2024, thus completing a four-tanker contract
state TV. negotiated by the two countries. ™
The vessel, he said, was manufactured by Ira-
nian shipbuilders at Venezuela’s request.
“Now comes an oil tanker to serve as a cargo
ship for our revolutionary PdVSA,” he added,
referring to the national oil company (NOC).
Iran and Venezuela — which have for the
past few years been making pointed demon-
strations of solidarity with each others, as both
are burdened by heavy economic sanctions
imposed by the US — are working together to
restore some of the latter’s beleaguered oil refin-
ing industry. Meanwhile, Venezuela is expected
to provide Iran with another outlet for some of
its exports, including oil sector technologies and
petroleum products.
The vessel is the third Iranian-built tanker
delivered to Venezuela. It was built by Iran
Marine Industrial Co., known as Sadra. Maduro has described the tanker as an “advanced” oil carrier (Photo: Tasnim)

REFINING & FUELS
Germany aims to sign LNG deals with UAE

MIDDLE EAST GERMANY’S Economic Affairs and Climate Qatar and the UAE – next weekend and will be
Action Minister Robert Habeck said on Sep- in the UAE on September 24-25, he noted dur-
tember 19 that Chancellor Olaf Scholz was set ing a press conference.
to sign contracts for LNG supplies during an All three countries are potential sources of
upcoming trip to the UAE. gas, the minister added. “[The] government is
Speaking during a trip to Lubmin, where new permanently in talks with many countries, also
LNG import facilities are being built, Habeck with nations on the Arabian Peninsula,” he said.
said the UAE could help Germany diversify its He continued: “[It’s] not only the UAE. It’s
slate of natural gas suppliers. He also voiced other countries, African countries. In that way,
confidence in Berlin’s chances of securing a we’ll close the hole that the lack of Russian gas
deal. “The gas offering is slowly broadening ... has ripped open.”
The chancellor is traveling next week to the UAE Habeck noted that he had discussed LNG
and will certainly be able to sign some contracts supplies during his own trip to Qatar and the
for LNG there,” he told reporters. UAE in March of this year but did not elaborate.
He did not say how much LNG Germany was Reuters said in May, citing sources who spoke
looking to buy from the UAE but indicated that on condition of anonymity, that Germany and
Scholz would discuss the matter while in Dubai. Qatar had not come to terms on LNG sup-
The chancellor is due to begin a state visit to plies because of disagreements over key issues,
three Middle Eastern countries – Saudi Arabia, including the duration of supply contracts.

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