CNPC’s
controversial
role
in
sanctions-hit
Iran
was
back
in
the
spotlight
this
week
following
a
media
report
from
Tehran
quoting
Oil
Ministry
sources
as
saying
that
the
company
had
pulled
out
of
the
development,
which
it
took
over
from
France’s
Total
in
2009.
The
Mehr
news
agency,
citing
information
from
the
Oil
Ministry,
said
over
the
weekend
that
CNPC
had
withdrawn
its
workers
from
coastal
facilities
near
Bandar
Assaluyeh
after
“unprecedented”
delays
in
starting
work.
The
company
had
not
even
started
preliminary
work
such
as
levelling
land
and
putting
up
fences,
Mehr
said.
However,…
