The Rhone Pipeline (French: Oléoduc du Rhône) is a crude oil pipeline, which connects Italy and Switzerland.

Rhone Pipeline
Location
CountryItaly, Switzerland
FromPort of Genoa
Passes throughFerrera Erbognone, Aosta, Great St Bernard Tunnel
ToCollombey-Muraz
General information
Typeoil
PartnersTamoil
OperatorSociété de l'oléoduc du Rhône (Eni)
Commissioned1959
Technical information
Length340 km (210 mi)
Maximum discharge1,1 million bl per year

Route

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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

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The construction of the pipeline started in 1960.[1]

Since 2015, the oil transport has stopped due to Tamoil's decision to idle the oil refinery of Collombey-Muraz.[2][3]

Technical features

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The diameter of the trunkline is 12 inches (300 mm) and 18 inches (460 mm) in diameter.

The capacity of the pipeline is approximately 1.1 million barrel of crude oil per year.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "La société "Oléoduc du Rhône" est constituée". Le Nouvelliste. 1 October 1960.
  2. ^ L’oléoduc du Rhône est en stand-by. in: Le Temps, 13 July 2015.
  3. '^ The Swiss refinery closed, the Rhone pipeline dies. in: La Stampa, 14' June 2019.

Bibliography

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  • Ulrich P. Büchi: Die schweizerische Erdölfrage im Jahre 1968. in: Bulletin der Vereinigung Schweizerischer Petroleum-Geologen und -Ingenieure, 36, 1969, pp. 6–10.
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