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Port activities linked to oil and petroleum. Includes imports, exports and storage.

Black Sea gas to support Filyos port development

Zonguldak, Turkey (PortSEurope) January 4, 2021 – Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Donmez said last week that the discovery of 405 billion...

Turkey is expanding its drilling operations in the Black Sea

Filyos, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 7, 2020 – Energy and Natural Resources Minister, Fatih Donmez, has said that the drilling ship Kanuni has docked at...

Tenerife port agrees on concession to Petróleos de Canarias, SA

Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) December 1, 2020 – The Board of Directors of the Port Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife agreed the administrative...

Spanish ambassador visits Libya’s National Oil Corporation

Tripoli, Libya (PortSEurope) November 19, 2020 – Eng. Mustafa Sanalla, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Libya’s National Oil Corporation...

Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline exported about 21.4 million tons of crude oil loaded at Ceyhan terminal in first three quarters of 2020

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) November 23, 2020 – The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline exported 21.4 million tons of crude oil loaded on 214 tankers...

Tarragona port and Vopak Terquimsa participate in Platts European Petrochemicals Virtual Conference 2020

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 13, 2020 – Tarragona port and Vopak Terquimsa attended the Platts European Petrochemicals Virtual Conference 2020...

Libya says ports now open for oil exports

Tripoli, Libya (PortSEurope) November 1, 2020 – The National Oil Corporation (NOC) has declared the ending of blockades of the entire Libyan fields and...

Libya’s Sidra and Ras Lanuf ports prepare for oil exports

Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) declares lifting Force Majeure status as of Friday 23 October 2020 and instructions have already been given to...

Kanuni drilling ship arrives at Haydarpaşa port, Istanbul

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 21, 2020 – The Turkish sea drilling ship, Kanuni, has arrived at Istanbul’s Haydarpaşa port on its way to...

Filyos port plays role in Black Sea gas exploration

Zonguldak, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 19, 2020 – Turkey Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) has been operating Black Sea gas exploration activities from a...

Completion of repairs to the oil wharf in Rades port, Tunisia

Rades, Tunisia (PortSEurope) October 9, 2020 – Repair of the oil wharf located on the south bank of the port of Radès has just been completed for a sum...

BERGÉ is promoting its “offshore” business with the Canary Islands as a global hub for the repair of oil rigs

BERGÉ, a leading logistics operator, has boosted its “offshore” business activities with several projects already in the pipeline as a shipping agent and...

Libyan ports prepare for oil exports

Tripoli, Libya (PortSEurope) September 27, 2020 – Local sources have reported that works have restarted at the Libyan ports of Zueitina, Brega and Hreiqa...

Libya’s ports try to restart limited oil exports

Tripoli, Libya (PortSEurope) September 11, 2020 – Tankers started arriving at the eastern Libyan port of Brega last month to take on oil – a...

EU and Libya discuss effects of illegal blockades

Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) chairman Eng. Mustafa Sanalla and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy...

Turkey looks to build Cypriot port base

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 27, 2020 – The increased and controversial activities of Turkish ships in the Eastern Mediterranean has led the...

Libyan oil company resumes exports after months of blockade

Tripoli, Libya (Ports Europe) July 10, 2020 – Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) reports that it has lifted force majeure and restarted oil...

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