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Stabilizing energy prices by persuading Russia and Saudi Arabia to cease disruptions
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Aramco’s profit falls sharply, underscoring the twin impact of an oil-price rout and the coronavirus on Saudi Arabia’s worsening finances
May 13, 2020Isolated in the midst of a global pandemic, Iran is using its sanctioned oil and energy expertise to garner favor and financial gain from two other nations shunned by the U.S.: Syria and Venezuela.
Iran is delivering some of its unsold oil to Syria in exchange for greater diplomatic influence in the region and bartering its crude-refining technology for gold with Venezuela, according to people close to the three governments.
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