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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 12364654" data-attributes="member: 92282">Sri Lanka has signed a deal to buy crude from Oman, as it looks to  reduce its reliance on Iran for oil after pressure from the United  States.Sri Lanka, despite being a small player in the world  crude market, is one of the 12 countries listed that buy Iranian oil and  could be subject to U.S. sanctions unless they significantly cut  purchases, a U.S. State Department official said on Wednesday.State-run  Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) said in a statement on Friday that  it had inked the deal with Oman Oil Company to buy crude and other  petroleum products, though it did not give amounts.The island  nation imports 93 percent of its crude from Iran and the island's only  refinery, the 50,000 barrels-a-day Sapugaskanda facility, is almost  entirely reliant on Iranian crude.Reuters</blockquote>

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