South European Pipeline

The South European Pipeline is a crude oil pipeline system in France, Switzerland, and Germany. It is built and operated by Société du pipeline sud-européen. The system supplies crude oil to refineries in Feyzin, Cressier, Reichstett, and Karlsruhe.
The main 769-kilometre-long 34-inch pipeline starts in Fos-sur-Mer in France and runs through Strasbourg to Karlsruhe in Germany. It became operational in 1962–1963. As of 2011 it is inactive as the Fos–Strasbourg section is mothballed. Another 714-kilometre-long 40-inch pipeline runs from Fos to Strasbourg , and 260-kilometre-long 24-inch pipeline runs from Fos to Lyon . These pipelines became operational in 1971–1972. The system uses Twelve pumping stations. The maximum discharge of the system is 35 million metric tons per year, although the real used annual amount is approximately 23 million metric tons per year.

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