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Wilhelmshaven (vĭl'hĕlms-hä`fən), city (1994 pop. 91,680), Lower Saxony, NW Germany, on Jade Bay, an inlet of the North Sea. It is a major oil port and an industrial center. Manufactures include heavy machinery, automobile chassis, electrical equipment, and textiles. The city is also a summer resort featuring mud baths. It is connected by a canal with Emden and by an oil pipeline with Cologne and the Ruhr Ruhr (r  r), region, c...... Click the link for more information. district. Wilhelmshaven was founded in 1869 on territory purchased from Oldenburg in 1853. It was the chief German naval base on the North Sea until the end of World War II, after which its naval installations were dismantled. In 1956 it again was made a naval base. The city has marine biological and geological institutes and an ornithological station. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This will raise the capacity at Wilhelmshaven to 320 ktpa. EVC by Rubber World The decrease primarily was due to planned downtime at the Wilhelmshaven, Germany, refinery. Our downstream crude oil capacity utilization rate improved to 95 percent, although we experienced downtime at our Wilhelmshaven and Wood River refineries. |
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