Trans-Israel pipeline

<p>The Trans-Israel pipeline , also  Tipline, Eilat–Ashkelon Pipeline, or Europe–Asia Pipeline is an oil pipeline in <a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY">Israel</a> extending from the <a href="/facts/Gulf_of_Aqaba/axWHgYhX">Gulf of Aqaba</a> on the <a href="/facts/Red_Sea/0dKWSgEe">Red Sea</a> to the <a href="/facts/Mediterranean_Sea/Vr2pzVbM">Mediterranean Sea</a>. It was originally built to transport crude oil originating from <a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8">Iran</a> inside Israel and to <a href="/facts/Europe/DTAtrKfh">Europe</a>.
</p><p>The 254 km, 42" pipeline's capacity from a special pier in <a href="/facts/Ashkelon/aLwPHpaK">Ashkelon</a> to <a href="/facts/Eilat/S2jG4SBb">Eilat</a>'s <a href="/facts/Port_of_Eilat/smm0VeQP">port</a> on the <a href="/facts/Red_Sea/0dKWSgEe">Red Sea</a> is 400,000 barrels (64,000 m3) per day, and 1.2 million barrels per day (190,000 m3/d) in the opposite direction. The pipeline is owned and operated by the <a href="/facts/Eilat_Ashkelon_Pipeline_Company/rw0sgTo9">Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company</a> (EAPC) which also operates several other oil pipelines in <a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY">Israel</a>.
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Trans-Israel pipeline