The Rhone Pipeline (French: Oléoduc du Rhône) is a crude oil pipeline, which connects Italy and Switzerland.
Route
The pipeline starts from the marine terminal in Genoa. It runs through the Alps and the Great St Bernard Tunnel to Collombey-Muraz in the Rhône Valley in the Swiss canton of Valais, where it supplies the Tamoil oil refinery at Collombey-Muraz.
History
The construction of the pipeline started in 1960.
Since 2015, the oil transport has stopped due to Tamoil's decision to idle the oil refinery of Collombey-Muraz.
Technical features
The diameter of the trunkline is and in diameter.
The capacity of the pipeline is approximately 1.1 million barrel of crude oil per year.
See also
Transalpine Pipeline
References
Bibliography
Ulrich P. Büchi: Die schweizerische Erdölfrage im Jahre 1968. in: Bulletin der Vereinigung Schweizerischer Petroleum-Geologen und -Ingenieure, 36, 1969, pp. 6–10.
External links
Oléoduc du Rhône S.A. Pipelines en Autriche, Italie, Suisse. Oléoducs, gazoducs et produits dérivés GeoMondiale.fr Eni in Svizzera Erdöl – der Weg in die Schweiz