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KN Energies, Klaipėda LNG terminal’s operator, has offered additional invitation to submit requests after reviewing the results of its 2027 Klaipėda LNG terminal capacity allocation procedure.
As part of the invitation, market participants can submit requests for allocation including regasification, LNG reloading, or a combination of the two. After receiving the requests, the operator will…
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The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has purchased Finnart Oil Terminal in a multi-million-pound investment, strengthening the Royal Navy’s operational resilience and control over critical energy infrastructure in a time of heightened global tensions.
Finnart Oil Terminal, situated on Scotland’s west coast, will be owned by the MoD and operated by the Oil and Pipelines Agency,…
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Centrica urges government action as falling customer contacts mean its Rough gas storage facility, situated in the North Sea, will have to close by April 2027. For now, the company has cut 1,300 jobs; 500 in June 2026 with 800 more to go in the future.
Rough has been producing remnant gas while Centrica lobbies the government for a £2 billion project that would turn the facility into an…
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The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is looking for an operator for its Fraser Wharves terminal site in Richmond, Vancouver, Canada, as part of an expansion project. The project offers potential operators a brownfield site with existing marine, rail and road connections.
The Port of Vancouver is Canada’s largest and North America’s most diversified port. In 2025, it moved 131 million metric…
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The Port of Split, the only entry point for bitumen supply in Dalmatia, is investing €8 million in bitumen onshore storage tanks, making it the first port in the country to do so.
With the construction of modern onshore tanks, part of a project that includes extensive documentation and the eventual implementation of infrastructure over the next two years, the existing model of temporary…
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Seven oil and gas companies have applied to secure offshore exploration rights in New Zealand after Labour confirms that a party win in the November election would mean the reimposition of its offshore exploration ban. However, it would honour existing permits.
Last year, the conservative government overturned an offshore drilling ban imposed by Jacinda Ardern’s Labour government in 2018…
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Panamá’s government has acquired Petroterminal de Panamá after buying the remaining 41% private stake in the company, ensuring national control for the country’s most important strategic infrastructure. Petroterminal was developed and managed by NIC Holding in association with the Republic of Panamá.
Petroterminal stores, transships and transports hydrocarbons through a 131km pipe that…
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Tepsa has been awarded a c.5-hectare concession, with environmental permits secured and front-end engineering design currently in progress, by the Port Authority of Huelva, Spain, to develop its fifth port terminal in the country.
The terminal will be in Spain’s second-largest petrochemical hub, which sits in a region with competitive renewable energy resources. It will support multiple…
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The Port of Antwerp-Bruges has released an update regarding the chemical spill at its Deurganckdok on 15 July.
Monitoring continued throughout the night of 15 July, and containers that were near the leaking one were unloaded and cleaned. By the afternoon of 16 July, operations at MPET on the east side of Deurganckdok had resumed, while clean up efforts continued on the west side.
As of the…
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Batumi Oil Terminal (BOT), KazTransOil JSC’s asset in Georgia, has resumed jet fuel transshipment after an eight-year hiatus. It creates a key logistics hub for the transportation of JET A-1 aviation fuel from European refineries to Kazakhstan through the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route.
The first shipment to BOT since resuming operations comprised of 10,000 tonnes of JET A-1 and…
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Basra terminal, Iraq, briefly suspended oil loadings after a drone hit an oil tanker, Iraqi oil and security sources told Reuters.
The incident, occurring Thursday 16 July, did not cause damage or a fire, and although it isn’t clear who launched the drone, the head of Iraq’s state oil marketer SOMO, Ali Nazar, states that the incident was not a direct attack on the terminal or…
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Global bulk logistics provider HOYER Group has improved in key quality and sustainability assessments, achieving scores of over 90 points in safety & equality assessment system (SQAS) audits throughout workshops, cleaning and depot operations, and road and intermodal transport and gas logistics.
HOYER also increased its overall score from 78 to 83 points, which places the company in the…
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BOTAŞ has began construction on a fourth storage tank at Marmaraereğlisi LNG Terminal in northwestern Türkiye, increasing its LNG storage capacity by almost 60%.
The new tank will offer 160,000m3 of LNG storage, bringing the total capacity of the terminal to 415,000m3. The expansion improves Türkiye’s natural gas supplies flexibility, as it allows the country to store LNG delivered by…
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The Port of Antwerp-Bruges, Belgium, continues to have disruption to services as staff deal with a chemical spill aboard a vessel at the Deurganckdock.
On 14 July, a container of hydrofluoric acid aboard the cargo vessel Mia Summer II was damaged and began leaking, causing several workers to become unwell. The municipal emergency response phase was activated: emergency services treated the…
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LNG Canada and MNT Investments have announced a history equity option where MNT will have the opportunity to invest up to CAD$1 billion (€622 million) to acquire a majority equity ownership interest in a special purpose entity that would purchase the LNG storage tank in LNG Canada’s proposed phase 2 expansion.
MNT Investments is a limited partnership of the economic development…
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Texas, US-based terminal Freeport LNG will temporarily close for two months for planned major maintenance works, meaning the overall US LNG production will drop by about 2% and there will be a notable reduction in US LNG export.
The shutdown will involve the facility’s natural gas pretreatment and liquification units, which will reduce the need for feed natural gas and consequently affect…
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Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has confirmed strikes on Port Kavkaz, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, on 13 July. SBU states that Ukrainian drones struck three fuel storage tanks, a warehouse and two vehicle ferries, with reports on social media platform Krymskyi Veter stating Port Kavkaz has a storage capacity of around 100,000m3. Another strike in the same evening is confirmed to have hit the tank…
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In response to the Strait of Hormuz crisis, DP World is reportedly in talks with the Port of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates (UAE), to build a new multipurpose port and container terminal, implementing a shipping route that would avoid Hormuz completely.
Despite the Strait reopening, worries about future disruption mean DP World is pursuing diversification projects, such as the new Fujairah…
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VTTI’s Zarate, Argentina, welcomed the Embassy to the Kingdom of the Netherlands to its port to showcase its operations and discuss VTTI’s role in supporting Argentina’s energy supply system. VTTI Argentina has been integral to the country’s energy infrastructure for more than 20 years.
VTTI says in its LinkedIn post: ‘Thank you to the Embassy delegation for the insightful…
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Ukrainian media has confirmed that Taganrog oil terminal and an Ilksy oil refinery in Azov, Rostov region, both situated in Russia, were struck in a drone attack on 10 July.
Preliminary reports show that fuel tanks caught fire at the Kurgannefteprodukt oil terminal in Taganrog, a major target due to its role in storing and transshipping Russian petroleum products onto vessels. Ilsky refinery…
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