![An employee from the electricity board works on newly installed overhead power cables ahead of the "Kumbh Mela", or Pitcher Festival, as the sun sets in the northern Indian city of Allahabad December 7, 2012. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash (INDIA - Tags: ENERGY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR3BBCN](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/03/RTR3BBCN.jpg/RTR3BBCN.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=O_fzTgq6)
Sara Vakhshouri is the president of SVB Energy International and a former adviser to the director of the National Iranian Oil Company International. On Twitter: @SVakhshouri
![An employee from the electricity board works on newly installed overhead power cables ahead of the "Kumbh Mela", or Pitcher Festival, as the sun sets in the northern Indian city of Allahabad December 7, 2012. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash (INDIA - Tags: ENERGY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR3BBCN](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/03/RTR3BBCN.jpg/RTR3BBCN.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=O_fzTgq6)
![Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh talks to journalists before a meeting of OPEC oil ministers at OPEC's headquarters in Vienna December 4, 2013. Zanganeh said on Wednesday he expected Iranian oil output to reach 4 million barrels per day at the end of next year. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader (AUSTRIA - Tags: POLITICS ENERGY) - RTX1635R](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/02/RTX1635R.jpg/RTX1635R.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=i-IbJ0zk)
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![Iran's Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi (C) arrives to attend a meeting with India's Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram (not seen) in New Delhi May 28, 2013. Iran has offered insurance to Indian refiners in a bid to boost its crude sales, industry sources said, though some oil executives warned the plan would not remove the threat of western sanctions. The offer was made during a visit to India led by Qasemi in a bid to revive crude sales from its second-largest customer. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA - Tags:](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/06/RTX103PM-001.jpg/RTX103PM-001.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=5nryFsi5)
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