Iranian oil exports at 2.2m bpd since sanctions lifted

[TEHRAN] Iran's crude oil exports have reached 2.2 million barrels per day (bpd) since sanctions were lifted two months ago, an increase of 900,000 bpd, a senior official was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

"Until January we could only export 1.3 million barrels of oil but two months after the (lifting of) sanctions we are exporting 2.2 million barrels of oil per day," Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri was quoted as saying by the Shana agency.

REUTERS