White stucco, gold decorations, chandeliers. In background, a painting of Prince Regent dominates above all. Nothing in Mirror Hall of Ingolstadt Ballroom reminds of petroleum, and yet at this jubilee celebration on Thursday everyone talks about it. "We know what our success is building," says Ingolstadt's mayor Christian Solvent (CSU): "On petroleum industry." And Prime Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) says: "Lenting buffers and pumps for energy supply of Central Europe. The best central midfielder have just us Bayern. "
Buffered and pumped in Lenting has been around for 50 years now. On October 3, 1967, first litres of crude oil rushed into a tank farm, end point of a freshly laid pipeline, trans-Alpine Petroleum Pipeline (TAL). In 1960s ir construction was considered one of most daring and ambitious projects in Europe: 465 kilometers of pipes had to be buried between Italian Trieste and Lenting and Alps were also overcome. Since n, valley covers one hundred percent of Bavarian Rohölbedarfs.
Ingolstadt wants to become Silicon Valley of Germany Founders and start-ups are expected to develop tomorrow's mobility in booming city with regional partners. by Maximilian Gerl more...In Ingolstadt, political and economic representatives are rewarded for ir predecessors ' risk appetite. and for ir foresight. At that time, valley supplied Bavarians with much needed fuel for industry, households and transport, said Seehofer. In particular, Ingolstadt area benefited from new pipeline, a petrochemical industry centre and jobs quickly emerged.
The n Minister of Economic Affairs Otto Schedl (CSU) said: "Who now and today speaks of Ingolstadt, says oil." Lentings Mayor Franz Binder soon got nickname "Oil Sheik" missed, because fuel also sparked commercial revenue.
In 21st century, oil is more than a curse than a blessing: it is necessary as ever, for example as a raw material for plastics, varnishes and medications; At same time, promotion and burning of fossil fuels as climate killers, damaged tankers, drilling platforms and leak lines have led to environmental damage in billions.
Pictures like oil from Trieste to Lenting comes more...But future should belong to electric motor. In Fifties and Sixties Bavaria covered its energy requirements mainly with coal and crude oil, which was delivered from German seaports by truck or train. This was expensive and endangered change to industrial location. The solution of Schedl and Prime Minister Alfons Goppel: to lure refineries to Bavaria and supply m with a pipeline from south.
Date Of Update: 06 October 2017, 12:08
