List of oil pipelines
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Africa
- Chad-Cameroon pipelineChad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline ProjectThe Chad–Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project is a controversial project to develop the production capacity of oilfields near Doba in southern Chad, and to create a 1,070 km pipeline to transport the oil to facilities on the coast of Cameroon. The project was launched on...
- ChadChadChad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west...
- CameroonCameroonCameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the... - PetronetPetronetTransnet Pipelines, a subsidiary of Transnet, is the principal operator of South Africa's fuel pipeline system. It is responsible for over of pipelines. It is responsible for petroleum storage and pipeline maintenance. Transnet Pipelines works with petrols, diesel fuel, jet fuel, crude oil and...
- South AfricaSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans... - Sumed pipelineSumed pipelineThe Sumed pipeline is an oil pipeline in Egypt, running from the Ain Sukhna terminal on the Gulf of Suez to offshore Sidi Kerir, Alexandria on the Mediterranean Sea...
- EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world... - Tazama PipelineTazama PipelineThe Tazama Pipeline ' is a long crude oil pipeline from the Single Point Mooring terminal at the outer anchorage of in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, to the TIPER refinery in Dar-es-Salaam and the Indeni refinery in Ndola, Zambia. It was commissioned in 1968. The pipeline was designed for a throughput...
- TanzaniaTanzaniaThe United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
- ZambiaZambiaZambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
Asia
- Afghanistan Oil PipelineAfghanistan Oil PipelineThe Afghanistan Oil Pipeline was a project proposed by several oil companies to transport oil from Azerbaijan and Central Asia through Afghanistan to Pakistan or India.-Central Asian Oil Pipeline Project:...
(planned) - Alashankou-Dushanzi Crude Oil Pipeline
- Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipelineBaku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipelineThe Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline is a long crude oil pipeline from the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli oil field in the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. It connects Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan; Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia; and Ceyhan, a port on the south-eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey,...
- Baku-Supsa PipelineBaku-Supsa PipelineThe Baku–Supsa Pipeline is an long oil pipeline, which runs from the Sangachal Terminal near Baku to the Supsa terminal in Georgia. It transports oil from the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli field. The pipeline is operated by BP.-History:The preparations for the pipeline's construction started in 1994...
- Baku–Novorossiysk pipeline
- Caspian Pipeline ConsortiumCaspian Pipeline ConsortiumThe Caspian Pipeline Consortium is a consortium and a pipeline to transport Caspian oil from Tengiz field to the Novorossiysk-2 Marine Terminal on Russia's Black Sea coast. It is also a major export route for oil from the Kashagan and Karachaganak fields...
- Eastern Siberia – Pacific Ocean oil pipeline (planned)
- Habshan–Fujairah oil pipelineHabshan–Fujairah oil pipelineHabshan–Fujairah oil pipeline is an under construction oil pipeline in the United Arab Emirates. It starts from the Habshan onshore field in Abu Dhabi and will run to Fujairah.-History:...
- Kabrai-Dhanbad Cutter Pipeline
- Kazakhstan-China oil pipelineKazakhstan-China oil pipelineThe Kazakhstan–China oil pipeline is China's first direct oil import pipeline allowing oil import from Central Asia. It runs from Kazakhstan's Caspian shore to Xinjiang in China. The pipeline is owned by the China National Petroleum Corporation and the Kazakh oil company KazMunayGas.-History:The...
- Kirkuk-Banias pipelineKirkuk-Banias pipelineKirkuk–Baniyas pipeline is a crude oil pipeline from the Kirkuk oil field in Iraq to the Syrian port of Baniyas. The pipeline is around long and the capacity is . The pipeline was opened on 23 April 1952. During the 2003 invasion of Iraq the pipeline was damaged by U.S...
- Kirkuk-Ceyhan Oil PipelineKirkuk-Ceyhan Oil PipelineKirkuk–Ceyhan Oil Pipeline is a long pipeline. It is Iraq's largest crude oil export line.-Technical description:...
- Mumbai-Manmad PipelineMumbai-Manmad PipelineThe Mumbai Manmad Pipeline was one of the most ambitious projects undertaken by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited. The project commenced in mid-1998 and involved the laying of a 168 km long petroleum product pipeline from Mumbai on the Arabian sea coast to Manmad, near Nashik, located in...
- Samsun-Ceyhan Pipeline
- Sino-Burma pipelines
- South-North Pipeline KoreaSouth-North Pipeline KoreaThe South North Pipeline is a north-south petroleum products pipeline in the Republic of Korea owned by the Daehan Oil Pipeline Corporation .DOPCO finished construction of the Kyungin pipeline between Koyang terminal and Gimpo Airport in 1992...
- Trans-Arabian Pipeline, a.k.a. Tapline (defunct)
- Trans-Israel pipelineTrans-Israel pipelineThe Trans-Israel pipeline , also known as the Tipline or the Eilat-Ashkelon Pipeline was built in 1968 to transport crude oil from Iran to Europe. The Iranians stopped the use of the pipeline after Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was overthrown as a result of the Iranian Islamic Revolution of 1979...
- Trans Korea PipelineTrans Korea PipelineThe Trans Korea Pipeline is a north-south petroleum pipeline in the Republic of Korea. Since 1970 the pipeline was used to transport petroleum products for United States Forces Korea and South Korea's oil refiners. The USFK originally owned the TKP and in 1992 it was transferred to the Korean...
- Trans-Caspian Oil PipelineTrans-Caspian Oil PipelineThe Trans-Caspian Oil Transport System is a proposed project to transport oil through the Caspian Sea from Kazakhstani Caspian oilfields to Baku in Azerbaijan for the further transportation to the Mediterranean or Black Sea coast. The main options under consideration are an offshore oil pipeline...
- planned - Salaya - Mathura Crude Oil Pipeline
Europe
- AMBO pipelineAMBO pipelineAMBO pipeline is a planned oil pipeline from the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Burgas via the Republic of Macedonia to the Albanian Adriatic port of Vlorë.-History:The pipeline was proposed already in 1993...
- Baltic Pipeline SystemBaltic Pipeline SystemThe Baltic Pipeline System is a Russian oil transport system operated by the oil pipeline company Transneft. The BPS transports oil from the Timan-Pechora region, West Siberia and Urals-Volga regions to Primorsk oil terminal at the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland.-History:The project started...
- Brent SystemBrent SystemThe Brent System pipeline transports oil from the North Sea oilfields via Cormorant Alpha to the Sullom Voe Terminal in Shetland, Scotland. Oil is transported from 20 oilfields, including:* Thistle* Murchison* Hutton* North West Hutton* Dunlin...
- Burgas-Alexandroupoli pipelineBurgas-Alexandroupoli pipelineThe Burgas–Alexandroupoli pipeline is an oil pipeline project for transportation of Russian and Caspian oil from the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Burgas to the Greek Aegean port of Alexandroupoli. It would be an alternative route for Russian oil, bypassing the Bosporus and the Dardanelles...
- CLH Pipelines - Spain
- Druzhba pipelineDruzhba pipelineThe Druzhba pipeline is the world's longest oil pipeline and in fact one of the biggest oil pipeline networks in the world. It carries oil some from the eastern part of the European Russia to points in Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Germany...
- Forties pipeline systemForties pipeline systemThe Forties pipeline system is a pre-eminent pipeline network in the North Sea carrying 30% of the UK's oil, or about of oil a day, to shore. It is owned and operated by UK-based global energy company BP, who retained the asset after selling the Forties oilfield to Apache Corp. in 2003...
- Grozny-Tuapse pipelineGrozny-Tuapse oil pipelineThe Grozny-Tuapse oil pipeline is a long pipeline connecting oil fields near Grozny, Russia, with sea port Tuapse. The pipeline was launched in 1928, designed by Vladimir Shukhov. The annual throughput of the pipeline along with its 11 pumping stations was 1.5 million tons. It used pipes, both...
- Ninian pipelineNinian pipelineThe Ninian Pipeline is a long oil pipeline, which runs from CNR International's Ninian Central platform in North Sea to the Sullom Voe Terminal in Shetland Islands of Scotland. The pipeline carries crude oil from the Ninian Central, Ninian North and Ninian South, Magnus, South Magnus, Heather,...
- Odessa-Brody pipelineOdessa-Brody pipelineThe Odessa–Brody pipeline is a crude oil pipeline between the Ukrainian cities Odessa at the Black Sea, and Brody near the Ukrainian-Polish border. There are plans to expand the pipeline to Płock, and furthermore to Gdańsk in Poland...
- Pan-European PipelinePan-European PipelineThe Pan-European Oil Pipeline is a proposed oil pipeline from Constanţa in Romania via Serbia and Croatia to Rijeka and from there through Slovenia to Trieste in Italy. The aim of the pipeline is to bypass Turkish straits in the transportation of Russian and Caspian oil to Central Europe...
- Transalpine PipelineTransalpine PipelineThe Transalpine Pipeline is a crude oil pipeline, which connects Italy, Austria and Germany.-History:The feasibility study of the pipeline was carried out by Bechtel in 1963. The pipeline was commissioned in 1967. This time, the construction cost around US$ 192 million.-Route:The pipeline...
- SPSE Société du Pipeline Sud Européen - linking Fos sur Mer in France to Germany via Switzerland
- TRAPIL - France
North America
- Big InchBig InchThe Big Inch and its companion project, the Little Big Inch, are petroleum pipelines constructed during 1942 and 1943 as an emergency war measure from Texas to New Jersey. Until World War II, petroleum products had been transported from the oil fields of Texas to the northeastern United States by...
- Calnev PipelineCalnev PipelineThe Calnev Pipeline is a long buried refined oil products pipeline in the United States that is owned by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners. The pipeline consists of two parallel lines, the larger, has a diameter of and the smaller one has a diameter of...
- Colonial PipelineColonial PipelineColonial Pipeline, headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, delivers a daily average of of gasoline, home heating oil, aviation fuel and other refined petroleum products to communities and businesses throughout the South and Eastern United States. Colonial consists of more than of pipeline,...
- DixiePipeline
- Enbridge Pipeline (Toledo) Inc
- Keystone PipelineKeystone PipelineThe Keystone Pipeline System is a pipeline system to transport synthetic crude oil and diluted bitumen from the Athabasca Oil Sands in northeastern Alberta, Canada to multiple destinations in the United States, which include refineries in Illinois, Cushing oil distribution hub in Oklahoma, and...
- Lakehead PipelineLakehead PipelineThe Enbridge Pipeline System is an oil pipeline system which transports crude oil from Canada to the United States. The system exceeds in length including multiple paths. More than of the system is in the United States while the rest is in Canada. Main parts of the system are convert long...
- Minnesota PipelineMinnesota PipelineThe Minnesota Pipeline is a crude oil pipeline that runs from Clearbrook, Minnesota southward to the Twin Cities. It is operated by Koch Pipeline Company, a subsidiary of Koch Industries...
- North Dakota SystemNorth Dakota SystemThe North Dakota System is a 950-mile crude oil pipeline system that collects oil from fields in the Williston Basin in Montana and North Dakota and transports it eastward to the Mandan Refinery in Mandan, North Dakota and to other pipeline systems that carry oil to other refineries in the Midwest...
- Portland-Montreal Pipe LinePortland-Montreal Pipe LineThe Portland Montreal Pipe Line is a series of underground crude oil pipelines from South Portland, Maine to Montreal, Quebec.-History:The Portland Montreal Pipe Line's history began during World War II, as oil shipments to Canada were largely disrupted by enemy naval forces...
- Trans-Alaska Pipeline SystemTrans-Alaska Pipeline SystemThe Trans Alaska Pipeline System , includes the Trans Alaska Pipeline, 11 pump stations, several hundred miles of feeder pipelines, and the Valdez Marine Terminal. TAPS is one of the world's largest pipeline systems...
- Trans Mountain Pipeline
- Unev PipelineUnev pipelineThe UNEV pipeline is an under construction long pipeline from Woods Cross, Utah to the Las Vegas metropolitan area at the Apex Industrial Park. This facility will have the capacity to store of product. Construction is underway for the terminals and construction of the refined oil products...
- Yellowstone Pipeline
Latin America
- Activo de Burgos - Pipeline Network - Mexico
- Burgos-Monterrey Pipeline - Mexico
- Cadereyta Pipeline - Mexico
- ECOPETROL Pipelines - Colombia
- OCP Pipeline - Ecuador
- OIL TANKING Pipeline - Argentina
- PDVSA Pipelines - Venezuela
- PEMEX Pipelines - Mexico
- PETROANDINA Pipeline - Argentina (Under Construction)
- Recope Pipelines - Costa Rica
- San Fernando Pipeline - Mexico
- SOTE Pipeline - Ecuador
- Tamazunchale Pipeline - Mexico
- TGN Pipeline Network - Argentina
- TGI Pipeline Network - Colombia
- TGS Pipeline Network - Argentina
- Trans-Isthmian Pipeline - Panama
- TranspetroTranspetroPetrobras Transporte S.A. is the largest oil and gas transportation company of Brazil. Transpetro works with transportation and storage activities of oil and byproducts, ethanol, biofuels and natural gas...
Pipelines - Brazil
See also
- List of natural gas pipelines
- Pipeline transportPipeline transportPipeline transport is the transportation of goods through a pipe. Most commonly, liquids and gases are sent, but pneumatic tubes that transport solid capsules using compressed air are also used....