Oil/Petroleum
Port activities linked to oil and petroleum. Includes imports, exports and storage.
Chrevon sends delegation to Azerbaijan
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) October 18, 2024 – A delegation from the U.S. energy company Chevron has visited Azerbaijan seeking alternatives to the...
Dnevnik: Russian “floating petrol stations” off Bulgaria’s coast
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) September 21, 2024 – Russian tankers Nikolay Veliki and Nikolay Gamayunov are refuelling ships leaving Bulgaria’s Black...
Port of Tuapse sees oil product exports down in September
Tuapse, Russia (Ports Europe) September 5, 2024 – Local traders have predicted that oil product exports from the Russian port of Tuapse will fall to...
Nawaf Salameh acquires Octogon Gas & Logistics Terminal in Constanta
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) September 5, 2024 – Romanian businessman Nawaf Salameh, the owner of Alexandrion Group, has acquired the Octogon Gas...
Libya’s ports stop oil export over political standoff
Hariga, Libya (Ports Europe) August 31, 2024 – Libya’s Mediterranean Sea oil export port of Hariga stopped operating on August 31 due to lack of crude...
Terminal Rinfuse Venezia seeks concession extension
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) July 31, 2024—Terminal Rinfuse Venezia SpA has requested a 25-year extension to its concession, which covers over 278,500 m²....
Kazakhstan exports 700,000 tonnes of oil via Aktau in H1’24
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) July 29, 2024 – Kazakhstan’s national oil and gas company KazMunaiGaz (KMG) shipped 700,000 tonnes of oil through the...
Greece extends naval drills to deter Russian oil transfers
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) July 16, 2024 – Greece is again extending naval drills in the Bay of Laconia. The drills’ primary purpose is to deter...
Kazakhstan increases rail exports of fuel oil via Georgian ports
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) June 25, 2024 – In January-May 2024, Kazakhstan increased rail exports of fuel oil through Georgian ports to 413,200 tons...
KazMunayGas ships oil to Makhachkala
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) June 19, 2024 – State energy company KazMunayGas (KMG) has reported that two of its tankers transported 406,977 tons of...
Oil terminal in Aktau returned to the state
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) June 4, 2024 – An oil terminal worth $66 million with an area of 134 hectares (1.34 sq km), Kazakhstan’s Caspian...
Russian oil ship-to-ship operations seek new ports in the Mediterranean Sea
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 26, 2024 – Earlier this month, Greece started issuing NAVTEX notices which inform all shipping to stay away from...
Commodity traders investing in Spanish port terminals
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 24, 2024 – Global commodity and trading companies have been investing in port terminals in Spain. Many traders are...
Constanta port-based JT Grup plans IPO
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) April 24, 2024 – Romanian independent fuel distributor JT Grup Oil has announced plans for an initial public offering...
Rhône Energies set to acquire the Esso Fos-sur-Mer Refinery
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 12, 2024 – Rhône Energies has entered into exclusive negotiations with Exxon Mobil’s ESSO SAF to acquire...
Valaris chooses the Port of Las Palmas as a strategic hub
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) April 9, 2024 – The Port Authority of Las Palmas has renewed its agreement with the oil drilling company...
Repsol and Bunge sign renewable fuel deal for port locations
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2024 – Energy company Repsol will acquire 40% of three industrial facilities that are part of Bunge Iberica, one...
JT Grup Oil completes first stage of project in Constanta
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) March 27, 2024 – JT Grup Oil S.A., an operator in the fuel distribution market, has announced the completion of the...
KazTransOil General Director visits Port of Aktau
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) March 20, 2024 – KazTransOil JSC General Director, Talgat Kurmanbaev, has visited the main oil pumping station Aktau of...
Exolum wins contract to manage bulk liquid terminal in Gijón
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2024 – Exolum has won the tender to manage the bulk liquid storage terminal at the La Osa pier in the Port of...