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Attack on oil pipeline in Italy threatened fuel supplies across southern Germany

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Police are investigating whether the attack was politically motivated.

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For three days, the refineries in southern Germany no longer received any oil from the Transalpine pipeline. The reason was a sabotage act in Italy. The Federal Criminal Office is switched on. What is known so far.

·Dortmund, Germany
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The attack on the oil pipeline in northern Italy at the end of March threatened the supply of petrol, diesel and aviation fuel to southern Germany, reported in Politico. The incident led to the interruption of crude oil supplies to the largest oil refinery in Germany — MiRo near Carlsruhe — through the Transalpin oil pipeline for a number of days. "We did not receive oil from the TAL pipeline for three days — until about 02:00 on 30 March — and …

·Kyiv, Ukraine
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At the end of March, a sabotage event in Italy revealed how thin the safety ceiling over the energy supply in southern Germany has become. The power supply of a pump station of the Transalpine Pipeline was affected. After that, for three days no crude oil flowed over the TAL. The Miro refinery in Karlsruhe had to operate from its stocks. Bayernoil in Bavaria also overcame the failure only from warehouses on site.The article Sabotage at TAL Pipel…

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An attack on the Transalpine Pipeline (TAL) in Italy at the end of March apparently jeopardized the supply of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel to Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. The crude oil supply to Germany's largest refinery, Miro, near Karlsruhe, was interrupted for several days, according to reports in "Welt am Sonntag" and "Business Insider." "We received no crude oil through the TAL pipeline for three days, until around 2 a.m. on March 30th…

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Welt broke the news in Dortmund, Germany on Friday, April 10, 2026.
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