North-West Oil Pipeline GmbH (NWO)

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North-West Oil Pipeline GmbH (NWO) is an oil pipeline in Germany.

Location

The pipeline originates in Hamburg and runs to Wilhelmshaven and terminates in Wesseling, near Köln, Germany.

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Project Details

• Operator: BP, Shell, Tamoil
• Current capacity: 300,000 barrels per day
• Length: 391 km
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 1958

Background

The NWO was commissioned by Nord-West Oelleitung GmbH in 1958 to deliver crude oil to refineries in the Ems and Rhine-Ruhr regions in Germany, making it the first-long-range crude oil pipeline in Europe.

The NWO supplies BP Europa SE's refinery in Lingen, the Ruhr Oel GmbH refineries in Gelsenkirchen-Scholven and -Horst, and Shell Deutschland Oil GmbH’s refinery in Wesseling.

Technical Information

The pipeline measures 28 inches in diameter and is 391-km long, inclusive of pipeline branches. It has a total instantaneous capacity of 142,000 m³ and can transport oil at a rate of 300,000 barrels per day.