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Société des Transports Pétroliers par pipelines (Trapil) was set up in 1950 under the Act of August 2, 1949, which authorized it to build and operate a pipeline and auxiliary structures to transport petroleum products between the Basse-Seine and Paris regions.
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In 1953, Trapil commissioned its first pipeline, the LHP (Le Havre – Paris) pipeline. The 25-centimeter, 200-kilometer structure connected refineries in Normandy to depots in the Paris region.
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The LHP now runs to Tours and Caen, and is Europe’s oldest, largest civilian pipeline network, comprising 1,370 kilometers of pipe ranging in diameter from 25 to 81 centimeters, 28 pumping stations and 27 delivery terminals. It ties into two other pipeline networks, five refineries and three dispatch stations and supplies 33 depots.
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Trapil owns and operates the Le Havre-Paris pipeline. It also operates the Mediterranean Rhone (PMR) pipeline and the NATO Pipelines in France, for a total of 4,700 kilometers of pipeline, 160 pumping and delivery installations, and more than 850,000 cubic meters of tank farms.
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Gennevilliers manifold and terminal
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Trapil also leverages its experience and cutting-edge technology to provide a wide range of services, such as pipeline engineering, consulting, pipeline inspection, planning, automation (SCADA), meter calibration, and environmental and petroleum product assessments.
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To guarantee the quality of products Trapil deploys a quality assurance process and has been awarded
ISO 9001, version 2008 certification by AFAQ (French Quality Assurance Association) and COFRAC (French Accreditation Committee) accreditation for its laboratories.
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