Rhein-Main pipeline transport company
| Rhein-Main pipeline transport company
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1965 |
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Cologne-Godorf , Germany
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| Branch | Pipeline operator |
| Website | www.rmr-gmbh.de |
The Rhein-Main-Rohrleitungstransportgesellschaft (RMR) operates a pipeline system of 525 km in length from the German-Dutch border near Venlo to Frankfurt am Main and Ludwigshafen am Rhein in southwest Germany on behalf of its shareholders .
Shareholder
- Shell Group (63%)
- BP group (35%)
- Exxon Mobil Group (2%)
Products
- Fuels (premium petrol, regular petrol, diesel fuel)
- Light fuel oil
- Kerosene (jet fuel, JetA1)
- Petrol (naphtha)
history
RMR was founded in 1965 by Deutsche Shell AG. The aim was to build a safe transport route from the Cologne-Godorf refinery to meet the expected demand for mineral oil products in the consumer centers in Frankfurt am Main (mainly: Frankfurt am Main Airport , Hoechst , Ticona, today Industriepark Höchst ) and Ludwigshafen am Rhein ( BASF ) cover up. In the year of foundation, the number of tank terminals and petrochemical plants to be supplied doubled through the participation of Deutsche BP AG in RMR. In 1967 the pipeline was extended north to the Ruhr refinery of Deutsche BP AG in Hünxe.
In 1968 the shareholders began to extend the pipeline to Rotterdam. For a connection to the RRP pipeline (Rotterdam-Rijn Pijpleiding Maatschappij) in the Netherlands, RMR von Dinslaken built a 50 km long connecting line.
pipeline
The company operates a single pipeline which, as it is currently expanded, leads from Venlo to Frankfurt am Main or Ludwigshafen am Rhein. The route from Venlo splits up at the pumping station in Udenheim. In 2005 the throughput of petroleum products was 11.6 million tons.
Along the 525 km long pipeline there are nine pumping stations for pressure increase, six branch, 13 entry and exit stations for refineries, chemical plants and tank farms as well as 37 gate valves.
Pumping stations
Pump stations with a total installed output of 32,000 kW are located in Herongen , Dinslaken , Ratingen , Geyen , Cologne-Godorf , Wesseling , Ramersbach , Schwall and Udenheim .
Tank terminal
Tank terminals in Homberg, Dinslaken, Cologne-Niehl, Gustavsburg, Flörsheim, Raunheim and Ludwigshafen are connected to the pipeline.
Petrochemical plants
Petrochemical plants and refineries in Bottrop, Dormagen, Cologne-Godorf ( Rheinland Raffinerie Werk Godorf ), Wesseling ( Rheinland Raffinerie Werk Wesseling ), Oppau are connected to the pipeline . In 2006, the pipeline's telecontrol system was completely modernized.
Incidents
On May 5, 1991, at 7:20 a.m., the pipeline failed due to subsidence . Around 280 m³ of petrol were released near the Dinslaken-Nord motorway junction and some of them seeped into the ground. Some of them reached Hiesfeld via the Rotbach and caused fish to die there. Around 5,000 m³ of contaminated soil had to be removed and 300–400 trees cleared.
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- ↑ a b Brochure "RMR Insights" (PDF; 3.6 MB)
- ↑ Overview of the pipeline network in Germany (in German) ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 326 kB)
- ↑ Modern communication for more security ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Proceedings in cav - chemical plants dated April 6, 2006
- ↑ Dieter Hesel, Hartmut Kopp and Uwe Roller: Experiences from countermeasures in the event of chemical accidents - Chapter 5.3.12 ( Memento of the original from October 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in “Civil Protection Research Volume 29”, published by the Federal Office for Civil Protection, ISSN 0343-5164
Web links
- RMR website
- Mineral oil supply with pipelines (PDF; 710 kB)
Coordinates: 50 ° 51 ′ 30.5 ″ N , 6 ° 58 ′ 31.1 ″ E