Rotterdam Rhine Pipeline

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Rotterdam Rhine Pipeline (RRP) is an oil pipeline that transports crude oil and semi-finished products in Germany.

Location

The Rotterdam Rhine Pipeline transports petroleum products from Rotterdam's Europoort to Venlo (Netherlands), where it branches northeast to Wesel and the BP Gelsenkirchen refinery in Germany's Ruhr region, and southeast to the Shell Godorf refinery near Cologne, Germany.

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Project Details: Crude Oil Pipeline

• Operator: Trapil
• Owners: Royal Dutch Shell, Ruhr Öl, BP
• Parents: Royal Dutch Shell, Rosneft, Eni S.p.A, BP
• Current capacity: 320,000 barrels per day
• Length: 457 km / 284 mi
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 1958

Project Details: Oil Product Pipeline

• Operator: Trapil
• Owners: Royal Dutch Shell, Ruhr Öl, BP
• Parents: Royal Dutch Shell, Rosneft, Eni S.p.A, BP
• Current capacity:
• Length: 457 km / 284 mi
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 1958

Background

The Rotterdam Rhine Pipeline was established in 1958 as a joint venture between Shell, Ruhr Öl, BP and Texaco. RRP operates two pipelines stretching a total length of 457 kilometres.

One pipeline system transports crude oil to refineries in Germany. The other transports oil products such as petrol, naphtha, diesel, gas oil and kerosene.