PortandTerminal.com, December 5, 2020 Denmark is currently the largest oil producer in the European Union, although it produces much less than non-EU members Norway or the UK. COPENHAGEN – Denmark announced on Thursday that it will end all new oil and gas exploration in the North Sea, as part of a wider plan to stop extracting fossil fuels by 2050. …
Read More »Tag Archives: North Sea
Doggerland: The real Atlantis beneath the North Sea
PortandTerminal.com, December 10, 2019 LONDON, ENGLAND – About 12,000 years ago, the sea level around the British Isles was about 400 feet lower than it is today. That exposed the bottom of a wide strip of the present-day North Sea. In the same way that lower sea levels created the Bering Strait land bridge, lower sea levels also exposed the …
Read More »The largest object ever moved in human history
PortandTerminal.com, September 19, 2019 Located about 50 miles off the west coast of Norway, the Troll-A is a colossal natural gas platform and the tallest structure ever moved by mankind. Its construction is considered as one of the largest and most complex engineering projects in history. OSLO, NORWAY – The Troll-A platform is an offshore natural gas platform in the Troll gas field off Norway’s west coast. …
Read More »