A consortium managing a pipeline designed as a way to diversify the European natural gas sector said it hasn’t made any contacts with potential Iranian suppliers. Iran may receive staged sanctions relief as a result of the breakthrough nuclear agreement brokered with the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany. Energy companies BP and Shell both confirmed in response to emailed questions they were reviewing potential work in an Iranian oil sector that could be opening up to investors. When reviewing the credentials of Bulgarian Ambassador to Tehran Christo Polendakov in May, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said his government viewed Bulgaria as a means to tap into the European energy […]