GERMAN PRODUCTS LINE DUE

A group led by Deutsche Shell AG will lay a product pipeline to link the German refining center of Hamburg with Dresden in eastern Germany. The 600-700 million deutschemark ($360-420 million) project involves a 280 mile pipeline from Hamburg through Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt to serve increased demand for products in eastern Germany. The start-up is scheduled for 1994-95. Shell said that the consumption of oil in the former states of East Germany is expected to double to about 480,000 b/d

April 29, 1991

A group led by Deutsche Shell AG will lay a product pipeline to link the German refining center of Hamburg with Dresden in eastern Germany.

The 600-700 million deutschemark ($360-420 million) project involves a 280 mile pipeline from Hamburg through Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt to serve increased demand for products in eastern Germany. The start-up is scheduled for 1994-95.

Shell said that the consumption of oil in the former states of East Germany is expected to double to about 480,000 b/d by the end of the decade.

Refineries in the east will not be able to fully supply the sector in which demand is expected to rise most sharply--light fuel oils and feedstocks for base chemicals.

Meeting this demand will require rapid installation of a pipeline link to Northwest European petroleum markets. Shell added that the combination of existing refinery production and a supply of finished products will give the eastern states the same degree of flexibility seen in western Germany.

The new products line will supplement crude supply to eastern refineries from the Druzhba pipeline out of the Soviet Union.