Facts and figures
More than 1 billion metric tonnes of crude oil transported
Founded / Start of operations
1956 / 1958
Wilhelmshaven tank farm
| 26 floating roof tanks with a volume of | 30.000 m³ each 55 m diameter 13,5 m in height |
| 9 floating roof tanks with a volume of | 100.000 m³ each 98 m diameter 13,5 m in height |
| Total capicity | 1,6 Mio. m³ |
Ochtrup tank farm
| 1 floating roof tank with a volume of | 50.000 m³ (managed by NWO) |
Connections to storage caverns
| Wilhelmshaven tank farm: | Rüstringen (Wilhelmshaven) and Friedeburg (Wittmund) |
| Ochtrup tank farm: | Epe (Westfalen) |
| Total storage capacity: | approx. 15 million m³ |
Statistics
| Crude oil transported since 1958: | über 1 Mrd. t mit mehr als 20.000 Tankern |
| Crude oil transport in 2023: | 16,4 million t (2022: 18,2 million t) |
| Number of tankers processed 2023: | 171 (2022: 204) |
| Average load/tanker 2023: | 96.173 t (2022: 89.104 t) |
| Transferred NWO / NDO 2023: | approx. 13,0 million t / approx. 3,4 million t (2022): approx. 14,4 million t / approx. 4,6 million t) |
| Share of crude oil supplied in Germany 2023 |
n.a (2022: approx. 23 %) |
Number of Employees
Approx. 150
(including trainee workers)
Facilities Wilhelmshaven
170 hectares
Harbour complex
| 1 jetty for tanker up to | 260.000 tdw with draught of 21 m (also larger vessels on request) |
| 2 jetties for tankers up to | 130.000 tdw with approximate draught of 15m |
| Length of landing bridge: | 670 m |
| Length of pier: | 1.207 m |
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)Â 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 |