HELPE-NIOC deal

ATHENS: Greece’s main oil refiner HELPE said on Friday, just days after international sanctions on Iranian oil exports were lifted, that it had reached a deal to import crude supplies. “Hellenic Petroleum and the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) have reached a long-term agreement ...” that ‘includes cooperation for supply of crude oil, with immediate start of deliveries’, the Greek company said in a statement.