Ethylen-Pipeline Süd (EPS)

Summary Information

• Source: Münchsmünster, Bavaria
• Destination: Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate
• Ownership:
• Website: https://www.eps-pipeline.de/
• Length: 370 kilometres ( miles)
• Capacity: barrels of oil per day
• Product Type: Ethylene

Brief Description

• The underground pipeline runs from Münchsmünster for around 103 kilometres through Bavaria, 197 kilometres long in Baden-Württemberg, before the pipeline arrives in Ludwigshafen after another 70 kilometres through Rhineland-Palatinate.
• In Münchsmünster, it is connected to a pipeline to Burghausen Refinery while at BASF in Ludwigshafen, the pipeline has been connected to the downstream pipelines of the northwestern German ethylene network.

Pipeline Status

• In operation

History

• 2013 - The pipeline began operations

Other Information

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Links

1. EPS Pipeline Officially Opened at Ceremony in Munich