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The chief executive of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) said main actors determine the future of the world’s energy, adding that in Iran, as one of the main players, opportunities have been provided for investing $250 billion in the oil industry within the next eight years.
The United States needs more heavy oil for a whole series of reasons. President Joe Biden could have chosen to have that oil come from a close friend and ally, environmentally conscious Canada, or from one of the world’s nastiest regimes, Nicolas Maduro’s Venezuela, which doesn’t give a toss about the environment.
In the relationship between nations, trade plays a significant role. Central to the ties between New Delhi and Doha is LNG, the fuel on which India is critically dependent — and of which Qatar is the predominant supplier. This is the context in which diplomacy around the eight Indians on death row will take place.