VOL.XXXVI

NO.49

6-SEPTEMBER-1993

IRAN

NIOCTeam To Negotiate Fourth Quarter ContractTermsWith

JapaneseCustomers

AnNIOCteamwill be visiting Tokyo this week to discuss

terms for fourth-quarter liftings of Iranian crudeoilby

Japanesecustomers,MEESlearns.The volume of contract

liftings by Japanese buyers in 4Q is expected tobemaintained unchanged from 3Q at about 400,000 b/d. However, for

theJapanesesidethemost important issue inthe talks will be the question astowhetherthecurrentlifting

...