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In 1953, Jugopetrol Ljubljana was renamed Petrol Ljubljana and obtained
registration for the import of petroleum products. By the end of 1960,
Petrol Ljubljana thus had 31 service stations.16 By far the biggest and most
important milestone in this period was the launch of the Sermin installa-
tion in Koper by Petrol, and with it the supply of goods from sources oth-
er than the previous exclusive supplier, INA.17
As the main republican company authorized to trade in oil and its
derivatives, Petrol obtained a location permit in 1963 for the construc-
tion of a liquid fuel storage facility in Sermin, at the extreme western end
of the future industrial port in Koper. INA Zagreb developed the projects
for the construction of the installation, in cooperation with the Port of
Koper, and the Petrol Ljubljana company acted as an investor. According
to the calculations at the time, the investment for the entire ‘Petrol’ com-
plex, which was expected to reach a total capacity of more than 100,000
tons of storage, was estimated at 2,330 million dinars.18 The project en-
visaged the bridging of the Rižana River by pipelines and the construc-
tion of an industrial railway track with a temporary filling station for
tank trucks, utilizing an extension of the pipeline. It was planned that
the supply of fuel would be undertaken by tankers, and the removal by
tank trucks, and, after the construction of the railway line, also by rail
tanks,19 and that the kerosene port would use the same floating basin
originally reserved for bulk cargo. A tanker landing bridge was planned
on the north side of this basin, from where pipelines were to run to the
oil storage complex. In the first phase, the construction of tanks with a
total capacity of 35,000 tons of single storage was planned and, in the fi-
nal phase, 100,000 tons of single storage.20 In addition to the tanks, the
following was planned as part of the warehouse: an administrative build-
ing, a gatehouse, a building for liquid fuel pumps, a building for fire and
cooling pumps, a tanker filling station, an access road, technological pipe-
lines, fire pipelines, and an industrial track on the south side of Rižana.21
16 Petrol 2019b.
17 Petrol 2019a.
18 PAK, 728, Danilo Petrinja, t. e. 11, ‘Program razvoja luke v Kopru’, 1965, 310.
19 PAK, 712.1, Skupščina občine Koper, t. e. 265.15. Zadeva 351–608/1964: Petrol
Ljubljana, Lokacija skladišča tekočih goriv pri Luki Koper.
20 PAK, 728, Petrinja Danilo, t. e. 11, ‘Razvoj Luke Koper, Pregled programov in ra-
ziskav’, November 1964.
21 PAK, 712.1, Skupščina občine Koper, t. e. 265.15. Zadeva 351–608/1964: Petrol
Ljubljana, Lokacija skladišča tekočih goriv pri Luki Koper.
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In 1953, Jugopetrol Ljubljana was renamed Petrol Ljubljana and obtained
registration for the import of petroleum products. By the end of 1960,
Petrol Ljubljana thus had 31 service stations.16 By far the biggest and most
important milestone in this period was the launch of the Sermin installa-
tion in Koper by Petrol, and with it the supply of goods from sources oth-
er than the previous exclusive supplier, INA.17
As the main republican company authorized to trade in oil and its
derivatives, Petrol obtained a location permit in 1963 for the construc-
tion of a liquid fuel storage facility in Sermin, at the extreme western end
of the future industrial port in Koper. INA Zagreb developed the projects
for the construction of the installation, in cooperation with the Port of
Koper, and the Petrol Ljubljana company acted as an investor. According
to the calculations at the time, the investment for the entire ‘Petrol’ com-
plex, which was expected to reach a total capacity of more than 100,000
tons of storage, was estimated at 2,330 million dinars.18 The project en-
visaged the bridging of the Rižana River by pipelines and the construc-
tion of an industrial railway track with a temporary filling station for
tank trucks, utilizing an extension of the pipeline. It was planned that
the supply of fuel would be undertaken by tankers, and the removal by
tank trucks, and, after the construction of the railway line, also by rail
tanks,19 and that the kerosene port would use the same floating basin
originally reserved for bulk cargo. A tanker landing bridge was planned
on the north side of this basin, from where pipelines were to run to the
oil storage complex. In the first phase, the construction of tanks with a
total capacity of 35,000 tons of single storage was planned and, in the fi-
nal phase, 100,000 tons of single storage.20 In addition to the tanks, the
following was planned as part of the warehouse: an administrative build-
ing, a gatehouse, a building for liquid fuel pumps, a building for fire and
cooling pumps, a tanker filling station, an access road, technological pipe-
lines, fire pipelines, and an industrial track on the south side of Rižana.21
16 Petrol 2019b.
17 Petrol 2019a.
18 PAK, 728, Danilo Petrinja, t. e. 11, ‘Program razvoja luke v Kopru’, 1965, 310.
19 PAK, 712.1, Skupščina občine Koper, t. e. 265.15. Zadeva 351–608/1964: Petrol
Ljubljana, Lokacija skladišča tekočih goriv pri Luki Koper.
20 PAK, 728, Petrinja Danilo, t. e. 11, ‘Razvoj Luke Koper, Pregled programov in ra-
ziskav’, November 1964.
21 PAK, 712.1, Skupščina občine Koper, t. e. 265.15. Zadeva 351–608/1964: Petrol
Ljubljana, Lokacija skladišča tekočih goriv pri Luki Koper.
140
