COMPANYFACILITIESSAFETYCAREERSPARTNERSPRESSCONTACT US Shareholders Facts and figures Third-Party Business Pipeline information FACTS AND FIGURES More than 1 billion metric tonnes of crude oil transported FOUNDED / START OF OPERATIONS 1956 / 1958 NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES Approx. 150 (including partially retired and trainee workers) FACILITIES IN WILHELMSHAVEN 170 hectares HARBOUR COMPLEX 1 jetty for tankers of up to 260,000 tdw with draught of 21 m (also larger vessels on request) 2 jetties for tankers of up to 130,000 tdw with approximate draught of 15 m Length of landing bridge: 670 m Length of pier: 1,207 m WILHELMSHAVEN TANK FARM 26 floating roof tanks with a volume of 30,000 m³ each 55 m in diameter 13.5 m in height 9 floating roof tanks with a volume of 100.000 m³ each 98 m in diameter 13.5 m in height Total capicity: 1.6 million m³ OCHTRUP TANK FARM 1 floating roof tank with a volume of 50,000 m³ (managed by NWO) LONG-RANGE PIPELINE Nord-West Oelleitung: Wilhelmshaven - Wesseling Supply of four refineries in Lingen, Gelsenkirchen-Scholven, -Horst and Wesseling near Cologne 391 km in length (including branch pipeline) 71 cm in diameter approx. 16.3 million metric tonnes p.a. transport capacity Norddeutsche Oelleitung: Wilhelmshaven - Hamburg Supply of one refinery in Hamburg 142 km in length, 56 cm in diameter approx. 8 million metric tonnes p.a. transport capacity Managed by NWO CONNECTIONS TO STORAGE CAVERNS Wilhelmshaven tank farm: Rüstringen (Wilhelmshaven) und Friedeburg (Wittmund) Ochtrup tank farm: Epe (Westfalen) Total storage capacity: approx. 15 million m³ STATISTICS Crude oil transported since 1958: More than 1 billion t from 19,000 tankers Crude oil transport in 2020: 18.2 million t (2019: 18.5) Number of tankers processed 2020: 236 (2019: 233) Average load/tanker 2020: 77,280 t (2019: 79,459) Transferred by NWO / NDO in 2020: approx. 12.3 million t / approx. 4.1 million t (2019: 13.7 / 4.8) Share of crude oil supplied in Germany 2020: 22 % (2019: ~21 %) Company Shareholders Facts and figures Third-Party Business Pipeline information Facilities Tanker pier Tank farm Long-range pipelines Pumping stations Remote control center Caverns Safety Plant and process safety Safety and health protection Harbour safety Environmental protection Careers Job vacancies / Training Press Latest news Photography Contact partners Contact Find us Website credits Privacy Policy © Nord-West Oelleitung GmbH | Contact us We use cookies on our website. Some of them are essential for the operation of the site, while others help us to improve this site and the user experience (tracking cookies). You can decide for yourself whether you want to allow cookies or not. Please note that if you reject them, you may not be able to use all the functionalities of the site. Ok More information