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SUPERTANKER OIL PORT OFF TEXAS UNDER STUDY
… will begin the second phase of a feasibility study for a supertanker oil terminal off Texas. Eighteen oil and oil related companies ..... designed to handle 1-2 million b/d. The country's only supertanker port at present is Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP …
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Turkey restricts supertanker passage through Bosporus, Dardanelles straits
… Black Sea and the Aegean Sea and in the Sea of Marmara between the two straits. Now, Turkey has initiated a policy banning supertanker traffic through the straits and severely restricting the passage of smaller tankers carrying dangerous cargo, including …
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MAERSK NAVIGATOR SUPERTANKER STILL SPILLING CRUDE OFF SUMATRA
Crude oil from the Maersk Navigator supertanker was still spilling into the sea a week after it collided with a smaller tanker off the northwest tip of Sumatra. Oil from the …
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First supertanker loaded from BTC pipeline
Statoil ASA is marketing the first oil to be exported by very large crude carrier from the Turkish port of Ceyhan. Oil from the Caspian Sea is transported through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, in which the group holds an interest.
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WATCHING THE WORLD ANOTHER TANKER SPILL
… The wreck of the Torrey Canyon supertanker and devastation of sandy beaches ..... of the unacceptable face of the supertanker era and demonstrated the need ..... the trawler failed to see the supertanker . The fishing vessel made no attempt …
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Somali hijackers have international network
… exclusive interview with the London-based Asharq al-Awsat newspaper, a negotiator for the pirates holding the Saudi supertanker Sirius Star off the Somali coast disclosed how some 40 hijackers seized control of the vessel. Among other things, the …
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Somali pirates release Saudi tanker Sirius Star
Eric Watkins Oil Diplomacy Editor LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13 -- Somali pirates released the Saudi Arabian-owned supertanker MV Sirius Star after receiving a $3 million ransom, according to officials and a negotiator for the bandits. "It is expected …
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THREE DOUBLE HULL CRUDE TANKERS JOIN WORLD FLEET
… a 95,000 dwt shuttle tanker, and the first double hull supertanker built in Japan has been completed and delivered. CHEVRON ..... completed the 290,000 dwt Arosa, the first double hull supertanker built in Japan. Capable of carrying more than 2 million …
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Tanker attack underscores 'true' market tightness
The apparent terrorist attack on the French-flag Limburg supertanker off Yemen on Oct. 7 has ratcheted up oil market jitters again. This comes just as the much-discussed "war premium" that has …
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Tanker attack underscores 'true' market tightness
The apparent terrorist attack on the French-flag Limburg supertanker off Yemen on Oct. 7 has ratcheted up oil market jitters again. This comes just as the much-discussed "war premium" that has …
