Refinery Auckland Pipeline (RAP)
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Refinery Auckland Pipeline (RAP), also known as Marsden Point to Auckland Pipeline, is an operating oil products pipeline in New Zealand.[1]
Location
The pipeline runs from the Marsden Point Refinery (now Marsden Point import fuel Terminal) to Auckland.[2]
Project Details
- Operator: Channel Infrastructure[1][3]
- Owner: Channel Infrastructure[3][1]
- Capacity: 60000 barrels per day[1]
- Length: 170 kilometers[1]
- Diameter: 250 mm[1]
- Status: Operating[2]
- Start year: 1985[4]
Background
The pipeline is owned and operated by Channel Infrastructure, previously Refining NZ.[1][3] The pipeline used to transport about half of the Marsden Point refinery's products to the Wiri Terminal in Auckland, supplying about 95% of the area's requirements.[2][5] At that time, the pipeline carried diesel, petrol, and jet fuel from the Marsden Point Refinery to the Wiri fuel terminal in South Auckland.[3] In 2022, the Marsden Point refinery was shut down and converted to a fuel import only terminal.[6] As of 2024, the pipeline carries exclusively imported fuels.[2] In 2024, the government began studying the possibility of re-opening the Marsden Point refinery.[7]
Accident
In September 2017, the pipeline was ruptured and closed down for repairs, leading to widespread fuel shortages in Auckland and the cancellation of more than 100 flights.[8]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Refinery Auckland Pipeline, Refining NZ, accessed Aug. 18, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 International Energy Agency (2023). "New Zealand 2023 Energy Policy Review" (PDF). International Energy Agency. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Terminal & Pipeline Services". Channel. 2023-07-05. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
- ↑ "Anarchist History of New Zealand". ahnz.anarkiwi.co.nz. Retrieved 2026-03-05.
- ↑ Megan Cook (2022). "Oil distribution". Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Major turnaround in fortunes of former Marsden Point operator". RNZ. 2023-02-24. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
- ↑ Hatton, Emma (2024-02-07). "NZ First's doomed deal to reopen Marsden Point refinery". Newsroom. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
- ↑ Auckland jet fuel woes: Warnings stretched back to at least 2005, Stuff, Sep. 18, 2017, accessed Aug. 18, 2021.
