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Premium Content Middle East Oil Prices Rise As Asian Demand Recovers By Viktor Katona - Dec 13, 2020, 7:00 PM CST As the United States and Europe falter under the weight of ever-increasing coronavirus cases and a general lull in markets, the health of the Asian crude market has arguably pulled crude prices and differentials away from the adverse ramifications of second wave coronavirus. China, India, Japan, South Korea; all of them are increasing their crude intake, increasing refinery runs and riding the waves of healthy refining cracks. At the same time, the early December OPEC+ ...

Since the U.S. sanctions snapped back on Iran’s oil industry, relations between Iran and Iraq have grown more complex and controversial as a series of security and political events in the two countries have captured global attention. Yet while the political aspect of the Iran-Iraq relationship has been dominating coverage of the countries, their ongoing competition in the oil market has not—and once American sanctions are removed, Iran will be returning to a very different oil market. Sanctions and an Opportunity for Iraq The return of U.S. sanctions in 2018 was an opportunity for Tehran�...