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OMV pipeline reopens after landslide risk gone

Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:16am EDT

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VIENNA, June 30 (Reuters) - Adria-Wien pipeline, which carries crude oil to OMV's (OMVV.VI) Schwechat refinery, is due to go online again on Tuesday after being shut down since Friday, pipeline operator AWP said on Tuesday.

AWP shut down the pipeline after heavy rainfalls led to the risk of a landslide in the area of Klingfurth in a hilly region about an hour south of Vienna. It said on Tuesday that geological specialists now said the situation was stable enough.

The a 420 km (261 miles) pipeline links Schwechat with the bigger TAL pipeline that starts at the Italian port of Trieste. It has a capacity of 11 million tonnes per year.

OMV is AWP's majority owner, with BP (BP.L) and Italy's ENI (ENI.MI) owning minority stakes. (Reporting by Boris Groendahl; editing by James Jukwey)



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