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The Sumed Pipeline (also known as the Suez-Mediterranean Pipeline) is an oil pipeline in Egypt, running from the Ain Sokhna terminal in the Gulf of Suez, the northernmost terminus of the Red Sea, to offshore Sidi Kerir port, Alexandria [1] in the Mediterranean Sea.
The Port of Alexandria is located on the northern coast of Egypt, to the West of the Nile Delta. In antiquity Alexandria was built between the Mediterranean Sea and Mariut Lake . The latter was connected to the River Nile via canals, allowing goods at the Port to travel to and from the country's interior.
Forces under Alexander's command cleared the sand and silt deposits which made the port unnavigable, and Alexander's engineer Dinocrates linked the port of Alexandria and the island of Pharos with a bridge 1,200 m (3,900 ft) long and 200 m (660 ft) wide, creating two harbour basins for commercial and military shipping. The northeast basin ...
The Motiva refinery is an oil refinery located in Port Arthur, Texas. It is the second largest oil refinery in the United States. [1] The first processing units of the Port Arthur Refinery were constructed in 1902 by the Texas Company, later Texaco. The roots of this refinery can be traced to the Spindletop oil boom near Beaumont, Texas. It ...
A contract for the construction Alexandria shipyard and the supply of its shop's equipment was signed in 1962 with the government of the Soviet Union. [4] [5] The yard foundation was laid beside the site of Alexandria Port old graving dock. In 1963 the shipyard apprentice training center was opened to train and qualify the shipbuilding and ship ...
The 3rd of July Naval Base, also written as July 3rd Naval Base, Third of July, or July 3, [5] also known as Gargoub Naval Base, is an Egyptian naval base situated on the Mediterranean coast, approximately 255 kilometers (158 mi) west of Alexandria, near the Egypt–Libya border. [6]
(Reuters) -The death toll from a blast and fire at an oil terminal in Guinea's capital, Conakry, has increased to 23 from 13 earlier, and the number of injured has risen to 241 from 178, the ...
Port Austin may refer to a location in the United States: Port Austin, Michigan, a village; Port Austin Township, Michigan; Port Austin Lighthouse in Lake Huron north ...