INTERNATIONA L OIL POLLUTIO N COMPENSATIO N FUND 1992
ASSEMBLY 92FL ND/A/ES .3/ 1 4 3rd extraordinary session 20 February 1998 Agenda item 15 Original: ENGLISH
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SLIMED PIPELINE QUESTION
Note by the Government of the Arab Republic of Egyp t
Attached is a note submitted by the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt . 0 Note By the Government of the
Arab Republic of Egypt
* Introductio n
Reference is made to the 71 Fund General Assembly decision concerning SUINE D Pipelines Question in the session No . 20 last October 1997 . 71 Fund/A.20/WP. 1 Articles No. 31, (311, 31 .2, 313, 31 .4, 31 .5,.31 .6, .31 .7).
31 .3 The Egyptian observer delegation introduced document 71 FUND/A.20129 setting out the activities ofthe Arab Petroleum Pipelines company (SUMED). The Egyptian delegation stated that Egypt wanted to become Member of the 1992 Fund but needed first to clarify a misunderstanding. The delegation explained that SUMED's pipeline was not connected to any commercial storage or processing facilities, that SLIMED was unique in the world and that for these reasons the oil transported through the pipeline should not be considered as contributin g oil The Egyptian delegation explained that SUMED was fully insured fo r the risk of an oil spill and that no accident had occurred in connectio n with the operation of the SUMED pipeline. This delegation stated that SUMED shared the same objectives as the 1971 Fund since it has prevented or minimised the risk of oil pollution by safely transporting crude oil inland 31 .4 The Egyptian delegation stated that it did not request a decision b y the Assembly of the 1971 Fund since the delegation intended to request that the Assembly of the 1992 Fund should decide, at its neat session, whether ail passing through the SUMED pipeline should be considered a s j contributing oil. i -2 -
31 .5 The Chairman thanked the Egyptian delegation for its clea r presnetation ofSumed's activities.
31 .6 Some delegations stated that they supported the Egyptian delegation's point of view since the SUMED pipeline could not be considered as a por t operation and that the oil passing through the SUMED pipeline should not be considered as contributing oiL It was stated, on the other hatu4 that th e oil in question was to be subjected to contributions, since it was physically received after sea transport.
31 .7 The Assembly took note of the information provided by the Egyptian delegation.
Egypt reassures the clarification of the misunderstanding about Sumed's activit y and the nature of the crude oil transportation through its pipelines in its speech . . ( A-r-r. (4 )
Egypt appreciates the above mentioned decision of the General Assembly an d ascertains the following subjects depending on the technical and legal considerations.
1- In accordance with the International CLC 1969 Article No . (1), and the International convention rules of 71 Fund Articles No . I and No .10, and the 92 Fund Convention Article No .12 for amending Article No .10 of the 7 1 Fund convention, the operation of lightering cargoes of VLCC's into small tankers to enable them to pass across channels and shallow water terminal s is not subject to the 71 Fund or 92 Fund contributions.
The lightering operation is similar to the operation of the crude oi l transportation through SUMED's pipelines, as the VLCC's can't pass acros s the Suez Canal due to the draft restrictions . Those VLCC's discharge either their full cargo or a part of it at Ain Sukhna terminal on the Red Sea to b e reloaded on board several tankers (smaller) at Sidi Kerir terminal on th e Mediterranean or on board the same VLCC's after crossing the Suez Canal .
The following table of SUNIED's duuput supports the fact that SUMED' s main activity is lightering . As shown below, the number of tankers loaded at Sidi Kerir is nearly double that discharged at Ain Sukhna while the quantit y discharged is nearly equal to that loaded . The minimal discrepancy in quantity represents difference customer's stocks . . .
SLIMED THRUPUT 1993 -1996
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Ain Sukhna Discharges Sidi Kerir Liftings
Year No. of Vessels MM tons No. of Vessels MM tons
93 340 84 .0 720 84.2
94 341 83 .4 672 82.4
95 459 107.0 795 107.0
96 528 117.4 918 117. 8
97 521 119.2 886 118.6
Morever, the figures above show that SU IED's pipelines are not branched or connected to any commercial stroage, refineries or domestic networks .
SUNIED tanks are not used for stroage but they are used as operational gathering points for the purpose of minlmi-19 contamination. As you might know, SUMED handles around 20 types of crude delivered by about 1 5 customers.
2- The unique nature of SUMED's activity is more clarified when compared to that of European pipelines such as :-
North West Pipeline (NWT) ., Rotterdam-Rhine-Pipeline (RRP), Antwerp- Rotterdam- Pipeline (ARL), South European Pipeline (SEPL), Trans Alpin e Pipeline (TAL), Central European Pipeline (CEL )
Those pipelines are connected with domestic networks and terminate at refineries or commercial storage tanks. So, the crude oil transported through such pipelines is delivered to end-users .
The details and maps of those pipelines in addition to SUMED are provided in the following attachments :
Attachment (1) details of European Pipelines ref. ANEP Attachment (2) Maps of the European Pipelines ref. Int. Pet. Encyclopedia,ANEP Attachment (3) Map of SLIMED pipelines ref. Int. Pet. Encyclopedia 3- In spite of all the facts supported by the documents submitted to th e respectable General Assembly of the Fund and to prove its good intention , the delegate of Egypt presented a suggestion in its note at Session No . 19 to assign a work group to visit SUMED's facilities and terminals to b e
acquainted, on the spot, with SUNvMED's activity - and be sure that it is not subject to Article No. 10 of the Fund Convention of 1971 . SLIMED proposed in its suggestion that the General Assembly would nominate the members of such group at its own discretion and that all the relative expenses will be o n SUMED's account . However, that suggestion was not approved by th e Assembly.
Alternatively and on March 31, 1997 SLIMED has sent a fax to the Fund Director suggesting to invite - through the Fund - the delegation heads o f England, France, Holland and Japan to pay a visit to SUMED . Unfortunately, the proposal was rejected on the basis of considering it unofficial mini meeting .
Based on the above mentioned considerations and the previously submitte d documents Re£. 71 Fund/A. 1612411 on July 26, 93 & 71 Fund/A.19/28 on October 21,96 & 71 FUND/A.20/29 on October 97 we hereby recommend the General Assembly to kindly reconsider the subject taking into account tha t SUMED's acitivity is lightering VLCCs and accordingly is not subject to th e Fund's contributions.
In the meantime, kindly consider our above mentioned invitations valid .
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RRP Rotterdam-Rhine-Pipeline N .V . Rotterdam-Rijn Pi)plelding Mij . Europoort-Venlo 1960 177 91 Shell 40% Texaco 10 % 1960 103 fit Ruhr Oet GmbH 20% Chevron 10 % Venlo-Godorf-Wesseling 20 Venlo-Wesel 1960 43 61 Mobil 20 % Wesseling-Rheidt-Raunheim 1963 156 6 1
Line connected to RAP Wesel-Gelsenkirchen-Horst 1957 43 41 9 Ruhr Oil GmbH
RAPL Antwerp-Rotterdam Pipeline Rotterdam-Antwerp Pijpleiding Mij. Europoorl-Antwerp 1971 105 86 28 BP 27 r/, % Esso 27 1/,% Petrofina 271/,% Chevron 16% %
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SEPL South European Pipelines Soc[616 du Pipeline Sud-European (SPLSE ) Lavera-Fos-sur-Mar (4 Pipelines) 1962/ 13 86 Exxon 22.00% Ruhr Oel GmbH 7.46 % 1965 Shell 20.32% Wintershall 4,28 % Fos- sur-Mer--Karlsruhe 1962 782 86 CFP/CFR 12.77% DEA 4.00 % Fos•sur-Mer-Lyon-Strasbourg 1972 714 102 65 Elf Union 14.18% Conoco 2.00 % Fos- sur-Met- Lyon 1971 260 61 BP 7.12% Petrofina 0.89 % Mobil 4.98 %
Lines connected to SEPL Saint-Quentin-Fallavier-Feyzin 1964 26 41 7 Elf Unio n
Gerines-Cressier 1966 88 41 3 In France : SocI616 du Pipeline du Jura (SFPLJ) Operator : SEP L Shell 100 % In Switzerland : 016od uc du Jura Neuch6telois (OJNSA) Operator : SEP L in 1985 io Brigilla and Elweralh Betriebstuhrungs . mbK tBEBrr ► sold 1hyssengas Shell 40% Swiss Shareholders 60 %
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Oberhoffen-Haunconcourt 1970 145 46 5,1 Socibtb du Pipeline de la Rafflnerle de Lorraine (SPLRL) Operator : SEP L CFR 51% Elf Union 9 % Esso 40%
Jockgrim-Mannhelm 1964 59 41 6 Erddl-Rafflnerle Mannheim GmbH Wintershall 100%
Jockgrim--Speyer 1956 33 41 9 Elf Mineralol GmbH
TAIL Transalpine Pipeline Transalpine Oelleltung Gmb H Trieste--ingolstadt 1967 464 102 45 Esso 16% DMP Mineralbi Petrocherrli e GmbH 7 % ingolstadt-Karlsruhe 1963 266 66 21 Shell 15% Ruhr Oel GmbH 11 % Karlsruhe-Jockgrim 1963 7 66 21 BP 11 % Conoco 3 % ingolstadt-Neustadt 1963 21 66 18 Mobil 11 % Wintershall 5 % Siidpetrol AG 10% CFP/Total 2 % DEA MINERALOL AG 9 %
Lines connected to TAL Erddl-Rafflnerle Mannheim Gmb H Jockgrim-Mannhelm 1967 59 41 6 Wintershall 100 %
Steinhoring-Burghousen 1967 62 30 3.4 Marathon
Adria-Wien Pipeline (AWP) 4 76) 10 Adria-Wien Pipeline Gmb H 1970) WOrmlach-Schwechat 415 46 OMV 51 .0% Esso 6.5 % Shell 14.5% CFP 4.0 % Mobil 12.5% ENI 4.0 % SIR 7.5 % CEL Central European Pipelin e 1963 88 66 Genoa--Ferrera Italy: EN I Genoa-Ferrera (part loop) 1971 37 81 BR . Deutschland SOdpelrol AG, MOnche n NW stretc h Ferrera--Chivaso 1963 78 46 Chivaso-Aosta 1963 96 41 55 Switzerland : Oleodotto del Reno Aosta-Collombey (Switzerland) 1963 83 30 NE stretc h 1966 49 66 Ferrera-Lacchlarella Austria : Rhelnische O11e1tung Gmb H Lacchlarella-San Giacomo and Filipo 1968 130 61 San Giacomo and Fillpo-Allhalm 1966 276 56 1966 129 48 Germany : Sudpetrol AG MOnche n Altheim-Ingoistadt 8_10 Ingolstadl-Refineries 1966 19 51 11313
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THE EGYPTIAN DELEGATION SPEECH TO
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE 71,92 FUND ON
THURSDAY 23rd of October 1997
Chairman
Ladies and Gentleman
- The Fundamental reason we are raising this case of Sumed is that Egypt want s to join the FUND .
- Joining the Fund has its effects on both sides .
- We believe that there would not be any negative effect on the side of the Fund .
- But on the side of Egypt, there may be, as we might be requested to pay a share due to what we can call a misunderstanding from the side of the Fund t o the issue and nature of Sumed. This misunderstanding may lead some to think that Egypt is eligible to pay a share under the funds laws and regulations .
- To clarify this matter we would like to state the following:
* Sumed enjoys a unique and unprecedented situation in the whole world an d untill now. ,
* This is an onland pipeline which connect's tankers on the red sea to other s or themselves after lightening on the Mediterranean.
* Simply just receiving the crude oil on one side and pumping it into tankers on the other side (end) no consumption, no any processes or whatsoever no storage at all. We have been told by some that there are storage tanks, tha t is not the case at all, there are gathering points, since you cannot technicall y speaking just connect the tanker to the pipe and the oil will flow . You have J -2 -
to suck it first (discharge) and then pump it into the lines (pipelines) therefore every unloaeded drop on this side is directly pumped on the othe r side, and the whole line including its outlets on the two seas is a tax fre e area. A gain no storage, no consumption, no (manufacturing) refining .
And for this, the line is different and unique from any other line in Europ e or wherever else in the world.
- This line is fully insured, including the processes of delivery either from or to the tanks or vessels, so in case of an accident or a spillage at any points it is fully covered by Sumed insurance .
- It is very important to mention that this line is very efficient an d sophisticated as it never witnessed such a thing since it started 21 . years ago-
- CLC has never been requested for any compensation over the 21 years o f Sumed's life, my attention has been drawn to statistics about the last te n years only one accident happened when a tanker was a ground and spille d some crude, a sum of 2-3 million dollars was the expenses of fixing that situation.
- That was not even an accident related by any means to Sumed whic h although carry's the full responsiblity about the crude from the ship to the other one.
- Another important matter to mention is the compatibility between the job of this line and the aims of the Fund as the Fund aims to mmm= the risk of any pollution from a ship carrying the crude and terminate the effect of thi s pollution in case of an accident and the area has been polluted. The Sumed pipeline (on land) gives great help to this by transporting huge amounts o f crude safely in land (on - shore) fully under control, minimizing the trip of -3-
transport. Risk and expenses as well . If the Sumed pipeline was not there , imagine that 117 millions of crude oil carried by large tankers (VLCC's ) navigating through the cape arround Africa imagine the amount of risk imagine the consequences both envrionmentally and financially .
- With Sumed we are actually helping the Fund to achieve its targets .
Distinguished Delegates and Representives we invite this meeting to understand and consider this matter properly bearing in mind that findin g Sumed case is not eligible for contributions won't set a precedenty . As it is as we mentioned before a unique case of which no other case anywher e in the world is compared to .
Sirs
We are not requesting any action from the side of the meeting but jus t bearing the issue in mind as we are going to put the case before the 199 2 Fund in April 1998 and will might then request an action . My delegation here as well as my country are ready for any request for furthe r clarifications or action to avoid the privailing misunderstanding vis - a - vi s SUNIED, and in this context we are open to any suggestion includin g formulating a working group (of which Egypt is going to cover all its expenses) in order to come to Egypt to study the case.
Thank you for your time and understanding