Oil/Petroleum
Port activities linked to oil and petroleum. Includes imports, exports and storage.
Kazakhstan increases oil exports from Aktau port
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) November 17, 2023 – In January-October 2023, Kazakhstan exported 2.8 million tons of oil from the Caspian Sea port of...
Six companies bid for bitumen contract in Port of Constanta
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) October 27, 2023 – Six companies have submitted offers for a contract to develop a bitumen terminal in the Port of...
Syria wins if the project to activate oil pipeline to Iraq materialises
Baniyas, Syria (Ports Europe) August 6, 2023 – Iraq is ready to discuss with Syria the development of the damaged and currently defunct oil export...
Two abandoned oil berths to be reopened in Aktau port
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) July 5, 2023 – Two dilapidated and abandoned oil berths in Kazakhstan’s largest Caspian Sea port of Aktau will be...
New oil tankers for Aktau-Baku route that bypasses Russia
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) June 27, 2023 – The joint venture of Kazakhstan’s KazMorTransFlot and Abu Dhabi Ports, Caspian Integrated Maritime...
Czechs to import more oil via Port of Trieste
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) May 24, 2023 – The Czech state energy company Mero will fund a $73 million expansion of the Transalpine oil pipeline (TAL),...
JT Oil Terminal Constanța issues tender for oil terminal in the port
Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) May 1, 2023 – JT Oil Terminal Constanța has issued a tender for the construction of a new oil terminal in Constanța...
Batumi Oil Terminal increases traffic in 2022
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) April 13, 2023 – Total volume of cargo transshipment in 2022 by Batumi Oil Terminal LLC and Batumi Seaport LLC was 7.6...
KazTransOil in Georgia and Abu Dhabi Ports in talks
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) April 12, 2023 – The Georgian subsidiary of KazTransOil (KTO) and Abu Dhabi Ports have discussed a cooperation based...
IMO Legal Committee: Addressing ship-to-ship oil transfers and tankers in the “dark fleet”
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) April 5, 2023 – The dangerous practice of ship-to-ship transfers in the open ocean, as well as the methods used to...
KazTransOil exports oil via Baku, Azerbaijan
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) March 20, 2023 – KazTransOil has shipped 6,900 tons of oil for export via Aktau for delivery to the port of Baku, the...
Batumi Oil Terminal handled 82,500 tons of oil from Tengiz oilfield in January 2023
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 8, 2023 – The Batumi Oil Terminal handled 82,500 tons of oil from the Tengiz oilfield in Kazakhstan in January...
TengizChevrOil to export more oil via Georgia’s Batumi port
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) January 26, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s TengizChevrOil (TCO) plans to boost its crude oil exports via Georgia’s Black...
Kazakhstan wants more of its oil to bypass Russia
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) January 18, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s state owned oil company KazMunayGas (KMG) and Abu Dhabi Ports Group (AD Ports, UAE) will...
AD Ports Group, Kazmortransflot sign offshore services agreement in Caspian Sea
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) December 28, 2022 – AD Ports Group and KMTF (Kazmortransflot) have signed a contract to set up a joint venture to provide...
Russia has free port capacity to export 35-40 million tonnes of oil
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) December 27, 2022 – Russia currently has free port facilities’ capacity for additional export transshipment of 35-40...
Very keen to bypass unreliable Russia, Kazakhstan has identified alternative oil export routes
Tengis, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) December 17, 2022 – Very keen to bypass sanctions-hit Russia as a transit country, Kazakhstan has identified alternative oil...