Transalpine Pipeline
Transalpine Pipeline | |
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Total S.A. | |
Operator | The Transalpine Pipeline Company |
Commissioned | 1967 |
Technical information | |
Length | 752 km (467 mi) |
Maximum discharge | 43 million tons per year |
The Transalpine Pipeline (TAL) is a
.History
The feasibility study of the pipeline was carried out by Bechtel in 1963. The pipeline was commissioned in 1967. This time, the construction cost around US$192 million.
In 1972, the pipeline was the target of a Palestine terrorist attack.
In May 2023 the Czech company MERO ČR announced a $73 million expansion to the Transalpine Pipeline that would double capacity to 8 million tons of oil to the Czech Republic, requiring 20 additional pumps and the upgrade of other equipment to pump the oil to 1,500m above sea level, over the alps, with completion scheduled for the end of 2024. The object being to make Czechia independent of Russian oil.[1]
Route
The pipeline starts from the marine terminal in
In
In addition to the sea transport, the
Technical features
The diameter of the trunkline between Trieste and Ingolstadt is 40 inches (1,020 mm). Both sections starting from Ingolstadt are with 26 inches (660 mm) in diameter. The pipeline has ten pumping stations. The pipeline system includes tank farms in Trieste and
Pipeline company
The pipeline is owned by the consortium of eight oil companies. The current[when?] shareholders are:
- OMV (25%)
- Royal Dutch Shell(24%)
- ExxonMobil (16%)
- Ruhr Oel (11%)
- Eni (10%)
- BP (9%)
- ConocoPhillips (3%)
- Total S.A.(2%)
The Czech unit of
The shareholders of the Group include: OMV, Shell, Rosneft, ENI, C-BLUE B.V. (Gunvor), ExxonMobil, Mero, Phillips 66/Jet Tankstellen and Total.
See also
References
- ^ "Czechs Sign Deal To End Dependence On Russian Oil". 23 May 2023.
- ^ "Slovakia in talks on reversing flow of Druzhba oil pipeline". Government of Croatia. 2008-04-15. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
- ^ "Ministerial declaration on pan-European oil pipeline signed in Zagreb". Forbes. 2007-03-04. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
- ^ Bogdan Preda (2004-11-09). "New Pipeline to Pump Caspian Oil to Europe". Neftegaz. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
- ^ "The company in figures". www.tal-oil.com. Archived from the original on 2012-12-24.
- ^ "Czech Republic negotiating for 2 pct stake in Tal oil pipeline". Forbes. 2008-05-07. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved 2008-05-25.