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: | over 1,2 Mrd. t with more than 20.000 tankers |
| Crude oil transport in 2025: | 15,4 million t (2024: 18,4 million t) |
| Number of tankers processed 2025: | 146 (2023: 183) |
| Average load/tanker 2025: | 105.650 t (2024: 101.028 t) |
| Transferred NWO / NDO 2025: | approx. 10,9 million t / approx. 4,6 million t (2024): approx. 14,1 million t / approx. 4,6 million t) |
| Share of crude oil supplied in Germany 2025 | n. n. b. (2024: 22,0 %) |
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 pipelines
| Nord-West Oelleitung: | Wilhelmshaven – Wesseling Supply of four refineries in Lingen, Gelsenkirchen-Scholven, -Horst; 391 km in length (including branch pipeline and the temporarily closed section from Hünxe to Wesseling), 71 cm in diameter approx. 16.3 million metric tonnes p.a. transport capacity |
| Norddeutsche Oelleitung: | Wilhelmshaven – Hamburg Supply the refinery in Hamburg-Moorburg; 142 km in length, 56 cm in diameter approx. 8 million metric tonnes p.a. transport capacity Managed by NWO |