I got the data for this chart from Kpler and [TankerTrackers.com](http://TankerTrackers.com) and then I used PlotSet to render this infographic.
ThengarMadalano on
Venezuela buying oil is kinda sad
mooman555 on
Venezuela is so horribly mismanaged it hurts, they’re making Iran look good in comparison.
They have worlds biggest oil reserves, more than Saudi Arabia and they’re buying oil from Iran. Because they never invest money into processing their own properly.
Spammy34 on
5% of Venezuela in 2025 looks much less than 4% of Japan 2017
albertoseptim117 on
This is actually one of the dynamics Anne Applebaum talks about in Authocracy Inc., that is Authocracies supporting each others to sidestep the negative consequences of sanctions and keep their buddy dictators in power.
Low-Abies-4526 on
I can’t be the only one bugged by how that little sliver on the 2025 diagram is clearly not 5%, right?
NighthawkT42 on
Why would Venezuela be buying Iranian oil? Isn’t Venezuela a failed economy with a gas station attached itself?
definitely_effective on
As an Indian I am extremely surprised on how my countries government is managing oil for all of its people.
mudokin on
Just to resell to all the countries that have embargoes on them,
conventionistG on
This info begs the question of scale.
bornagy on
Overall amount and price data points would help telling a story.
ResidentSheeper on
China getting some mad good prices with all these sanctions.
ImportantCat1772 on
And why did this radical change happen?
kerbaal on
What this is really missing is the non-exports. Oil that they refine is typically used domestically. Recent targeting of their refinery capacity could be interesting if it makes them export more oil AND have to import refined products.
Orangeyouawesome on
Without the total produced it feels sort of meaningless. Iran could be making a lot less as far as this is concerned.
CptnMillerArmy on
China is also leading the green energy investments. That’s a pretty bad outlook for Iran.
jedimindtriks on
Yeah but how much is it? Has Iran increased its oil export? decreased it?
SithLordRising on
Where’s India getting their oil today?
PreparationAdvanced9 on
So basically, just like the Russia Ukraine war, China will be able to buy Iranian oil for Pennies on the dollar like they did with Russian oil?
toptierdegenerate on
Say it with me, “Oil is a global commodity.”
littlegipply on
Interesting comment section..
der_innkeeper on
And this is why they will not be closing the Straights of Hormuz.
RevolutionBusiness27 on
One of the reasons why China’s manufacturing industry is becoming increasingly successful
TituspulloXIII on
Big question with this is, what is the output? Sure you have what percentage of oil is being exported, but how many barrels are actually being exported?
![[OC] Share of Iran's monthly oil exports 2017 vs. 2025](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/b6hwuik0199f1-1536x1489.jpeg "[OC] Share of Iran’s monthly oil exports 2017 vs. 2025")
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I got the data for this chart from Kpler and [TankerTrackers.com](http://TankerTrackers.com) and then I used PlotSet to render this infographic.
Venezuela buying oil is kinda sad
Venezuela is so horribly mismanaged it hurts, they’re making Iran look good in comparison.
They have worlds biggest oil reserves, more than Saudi Arabia and they’re buying oil from Iran. Because they never invest money into processing their own properly.
5% of Venezuela in 2025 looks much less than 4% of Japan 2017
This is actually one of the dynamics Anne Applebaum talks about in Authocracy Inc., that is Authocracies supporting each others to sidestep the negative consequences of sanctions and keep their buddy dictators in power.
I can’t be the only one bugged by how that little sliver on the 2025 diagram is clearly not 5%, right?
Why would Venezuela be buying Iranian oil? Isn’t Venezuela a failed economy with a gas station attached itself?
As an Indian I am extremely surprised on how my countries government is managing oil for all of its people.
Just to resell to all the countries that have embargoes on them,
This info begs the question of scale.
Overall amount and price data points would help telling a story.
China getting some mad good prices with all these sanctions.
And why did this radical change happen?
What this is really missing is the non-exports. Oil that they refine is typically used domestically. Recent targeting of their refinery capacity could be interesting if it makes them export more oil AND have to import refined products.
Without the total produced it feels sort of meaningless. Iran could be making a lot less as far as this is concerned.
China is also leading the green energy investments. That’s a pretty bad outlook for Iran.
Yeah but how much is it? Has Iran increased its oil export? decreased it?
Where’s India getting their oil today?
So basically, just like the Russia Ukraine war, China will be able to buy Iranian oil for Pennies on the dollar like they did with Russian oil?
Say it with me, “Oil is a global commodity.”
Interesting comment section..
And this is why they will not be closing the Straights of Hormuz.
One of the reasons why China’s manufacturing industry is becoming increasingly successful
Big question with this is, what is the output? Sure you have what percentage of oil is being exported, but how many barrels are actually being exported?