MOSCOW, June 8 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell hasresumed purchases of Iranian crude, becoming the second majoroil firm after Total to restart trade with Tehranafter the lifting of sanctions, trading sources said and shiptracking data showed.
Shell declined to comment.
According to shipping data, Shell fixed Suezmax tanker DeltaHellas to bring 130,000 tonnes of Iranian crude from KhargIsland on July 8 to continental Europe.
Trading sources said the cargo would unload in Rotterdam.
Shell repaid its outstanding debt to Iran from thepre-sanction times earlier this year.
Besides Total, European purchases of Iranian crude have goneto refineries in Spain, Greece and Italy since the sanctionswere lifted in January this year. (Reporting by Olga Yagova; editing by David Clarke)
