Monitoring firm says Iran can sustain production despite blockade

<article data-history-node-id="439606" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/monitoring-firm-says-iran-can-sustain-production-despite-blockade" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/monitoring-firm-says-iran-can-sustain-production-despite-blockade" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Monitoring firm says Iran can sustain production despite blockade</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>TankerTrackers.com said the belief that the United States blockade of Iranian ports will soon force Iran to halt oil production is incorrect.</p> <p>In a post on X, the firm said: “The ongoing narrative that Iran’s oil storage will fill up ASAP and cause production to shutter is wrong.”</p> <p>“Fact is that they can refine that entire amount of oil just for domestic consumption,” it said, noting that Iran had previously reduced output to just under 2 million barrels per day and could process that volume internally.</p> </div> </div> </article>