VOL. XXXIII

NO. 15

15-JANUARY-1990

Iran

1Q Japanese Contract Liftings of Iranian Crude Total 290,000 B/D

The total volume of first-quarter term contract liftings of Iranian crude byJapanese customers has now been finalized at 290,000 b/d, MEES understands. Thiscompares with 302,000 b/d in 4Q 1989. Two regular customers - Mitsubishi Corp.and Nissho-Iwai - have suspended liftings for 1Q though their contractsapparently remain operative. Kanematsu Gosho has reentered the Iranian list ofterm...