VOL. XXXII

NO. 5

7-NOVEMBER-1988

IRAN

Japanese Buy 169,000 b/d in Fourth Quarter

MEES learns that under final contracts agreed upon between Japanese companiesand Iran's NI0C, Japan's contractual volume of Iranian crude in the fourthquarter amounts to 169,000 b/d, similar to actual third-quarter liftings byJapanese companies of 165,000 b/d. The 4Q contracts are as follows (thousandb/d):

 Refiners Volume Trading Houses Volume Cosmo 30 Mitsubishi Corp. 3 Showa-Shell 20 Toyo Menka (Tomen) 33 Mitsubishi...