EU sees consensus for Iranian oil import ban

摘要

Doha—There is a consensus within the EU that imports of Iranian oil should be banned, EU Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger said December 6, amid warnings by the Qatari emir’s senior economic adviser that a ban on the oil exports of OPEC’s second largest producer would be a blow to energy security. Oettinger, speaking on the sidelines of the World Petroleum Congress in Doha, was asked whether there was a consensus among EU member states on an embargo. “I think so, yes,” he told reporters.