How do you protect all that area, along with every other sensitive point? Time to fill up those not so secret Polish prisons.
is the major link between Lindsey Oil Refinery and TOTAL's Buncefield Terminal in Hertfordshire, which is a joint venture with Texaco. Completed in the summer of 1990, it marked the start of a new era for the company's logistics and offers a safe, environmentally-friendly method of distribution.
Fina-Line also connects to another pipeline leading into London Heathrow, the world's busiest airport. At certain peak times, it is Fina-Line alone that enables Heathrow to maintain operations.
It stretches over a total of 140 miles, crossing 158 roads, 13 main rivers and 7 railway lines along the way.
Horizontal directional drilling enables Fina-Line to cross rivers while entirely avoiding damage to the riverbeds and banks and interference with the water flow.
Fina-Line is 10inches in diameter, and approximately 235km long, with a pressure of 110bar. It has a capacity of 6million litres per day.