{"id":14989,"date":"2025-08-02T10:27:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T10:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/?p=14989"},"modified":"2025-08-02T10:27:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T10:27:23","slug":"oil-minister-denies-report-of-40m-barrels-of-iranian-oil-stranded-at-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/14989\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil minister denies report of 40m barrels of Iranian oil stranded at sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"description\"><p><span class=\"pre-content-text\"><a style=\"color: #0038a8;\" href=\"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/\">RoydadNaft &#8211; <\/a><\/span>\u00a0Iran\u2019s oil minister has rejected claims by foreign media that more than 40 million barrels of Iranian oil are stranded at sea, calling the reports baseless.<\/p>\n<div class=\"item-body\">\n<div class=\"item-text\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe fundamentally have no oil that we are unable to sell,\u201d Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad said, responding to recent reports from outlets including Bloomberg and S&amp;P Global\u2019s Platts suggesting a significant stockpile of unsold Iranian crude.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThese reports are inaccurate,\u201d he said. \u201cIn oil sales, we may delay or relocate shipments based on market dynamics, but that is a strategic decision\u2014not because we lack buyers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Addressing concerns about the impact of the recent 12-day conflict on domestic fuel supply, Paknejad said Iran successfully managed a surge in gasoline distribution, reaching up to 200 million liters per day. \u201cIt was handled through proper planning, thanks to divine support and the efforts of our colleagues in the sector,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">According to ILNA, recent international reports claimed Iran is struggling to sell oil to China due to a sharp buildup of crude inventories both onshore and offshore. The reports linked the situation to falling prices and heavy discounts on Iranian oil\u2014claims the oil minister firmly denied.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-date no-social-btn post-updated\">Updated on<time class=\"updated dt-updated\" itemprop=\"dateModified\" datetime=\"2025-08-02T10:27:23+00:00\"> 2 August 2025<\/time><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s oil minister has rejected claims by foreign media that more than 40 million barrels of Iranian oil are stranded at sea, calling the reports baseless.\r\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[47,18,22,36,42],"tags":[],"services":[],"class_list":["post-14989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-headline","category-iran","category-lastnews","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14989"},{"taxonomy":"services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services?post=14989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}