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 20 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, 55 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 2016: | 19,0 million t (2016: 18,1) |
| Number of tankers processed 2016: | 221 (2016: 242) |
| Average load/tanker 2016: | 84.346 t (2016: 74.706) |
| Transferred by NWO / NDO in 2016: | approx. 13,9 million t / approx. 4.7 million t (2016: 13,5 / 4.3) |
| Share of crude oil supplied in Germany 2016: | 19,9 % (2016: 19,8) |