View source for Ingolstadt Kralupy Litvínov Oil Pipeline

Summary Information

* Source: Vohburg, Germany
* Destination: Nelahozeves near Kralupy, Czech Republic
* Ownership: Mero
* Website: http://www.mero.cz/
* Length:  347-kilometer (216 miles) 
* Capacity: 200,000 barrels of oil per day 
* Crude Type:

+++ Brief Description

*  The IKL pipeline is connected to the [[Trans Alpine Pipeline | TAL (Transalpine Ölleitung) pipeline]] in Vohburg.
* The pipeline supplies the [[Kralupy Refinery]] and the [[Litvinov Refinery]]

+++ Pipeline Status
* In operation

+++ History
* 1994 - Construction started
* 1995 - Construction was completed
* 1996 - The pipeline was commissioned

+++ Other Information

* The original route, planned from Ingolstadt via Kralupy nad Vltavou to Litvínov, was changed due to several reasons to the current one leading from Vohburg an der Donau to Nelahozeves (near Kralupy nad Vltavou). But the pipeline name “IKL” was kept for emotional reasons and it has been used up to now.

+++ Links

* [http://www.mero.cz/en/provoz/ropovod-ikl/ Pipeline Webpage]