VOL. XLV

No 7

18-February-2002

IRAN

Iran Seeks Oil Pre-Financing: Offers Crude Oil Collateral ToSecure $1Bn

The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) islooking to secure $1bn in loans from European banks, using as collateral an unspecifiedvolume of crude oil exports under contracts managed by the Naftiran IntertradeCompany (NICO) marketing subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC).MEES understands that the money is intended to be used by CBI toprovide: backing for two proposed programs for the...