Iran gas shipments to China plow on despite increased scrutiny
- US said to be looking increasingly at Iran’s petrochemical exports
- But Tehran’s outflows remain robust, despite Trump administration’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaign
- Exports by Iran-trading gas carriers to China reached new highs in May amid the US-China tariff war but were below the record levels reached in April
Amid the Trump administration’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaign on Iran and signals from regulators of increased scrutiny of its non-crude exports, the fleet ferrying Iranian LPG continues to ship out near-record amounts of cargo