Oil/Petroleum
Port activities linked to oil and petroleum. Includes imports, exports and storage.
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...
Novorossiysk port increased oil export capacity to 40 million tonnes/year
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) December 26, 2022 – The Black Sea port of Novorossiysk has increased its export capacity for low-sulfur (sulphur) oil to...
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...
Greece and Bulgaria reconsider Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline
Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) November 23, 2022 – Greece and Bulgaria reconsidering Burgas-Alexandroupoli oil pipeline, a project that was...
Kazakhstan ports to increase oil exports
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) November 8, 2022 – The Kazakhstan ports of Aktau and Kuryk will increase oil exports to 20 million tons annually....
Cepsa and ExxonMobil extend deal into Morocco
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 31, 2022 – Cepsa and ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical BV (ExxonMobil) have renewed their agreement for the...
Russia’s port of Novorossiysk to increase oil export capacity
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) October 17, 2022 – Russia’s port of Novorossiysk is to increase oil export capacity as Moscow seeks to develop...
Port of Batumi to export oil for Tengizchevroil, Kazakhstan
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) September 20, 2022 – The Black Sea port of Batumi will export oil from Tengizchevroil (TCO). TCO is the operator of...
Greek Port of Kalamata helps Russian oil exports
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 29, 2022 – The Greek Port of Kalamata is helping Russian oil exports by allowing ship-to-ship (STS) loading...
Kazakhstan exports oil via Baku port to Ceyhan in Turkey
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 16, 2022 – Kazakhstan is to export oil via Baku port to Ceyhan in Turkey using the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC)...
Libya’s state-owned NOC preparing to resume crude exports from four terminals
Tripoli, Libya (PortSEurope) July 19, 2022 – Libya’s state-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC) is preparing to resume crude exports from four...
Kazakhstan seeks new routes for oil exports after Russia suspends key oil pipeline
Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) July 8, 2022 – Kazakhstan is looking for alternative trade routes to export oil after Russia ordered the Caspian Pipeline...
Libya’s NOC declares force majeure on operations at the eastern ports of Es Sider and Ras Lanuf
Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) July 3, 2022 – The state-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC) has decided to declare force majeure at the eastern ports of...