A second Iranian VLCC discharged its cargo at the Myanmar oil terminal in August, indicating that state-run PetroChina is increasingly using the pipeline through the Southeast Asian country for importing Iranian crude to its refinery in southern China. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The shipment comes at a time when refiners in the rest of Asia are starting to back off from business with Tehran ahead of the November 4 deadline for winding down Iranian oil imports under US secondary sanctions. The 299,261-dwt VLCC Halti, owned and operated by National Iranian Tanker Co., departed from Kharg Island in Iran on July 21 and arrived at Maday Island in Myanmar on August 3, S&P Global Platts trade flow software cFlow showed. It was anchored in Myanmar till August 19. The crude oil shipment was delivered to CNPC, the parent company of […]