There are probably not too many climate activists in the small village of Ampfing in Southern Germany as the information plaques and monuments dedicated to the local history of oil production look unspoiled Can you even imagine living on Mobil Oil Strasse – Mobil Oil Street The village appeared on the exploration radar in the 1950’s when the results of a seismic survey suggested the presence of a valid closure at Eocene level – at a depth of around 2,000 m Subsequent drilling of the Ampfing-1 well in 1953 proved the presence of oil shows but it was the second well that brought the success that was hoped for the sandstone in which the oil was found was named the Ampfing Sandstone which is still known as a stratigraphic name today a nationwide gas distribution system was built This meant that Bavaria could say goodbye to gas generated from coal which can in some ways be seen as the first step in the energy transition around 26 million barrels of oil and 13.9 billion cubic meters of gas were produced from the Bavarian oil and gas fields together Production from most fields started to become marginal in the 1980’s and 1990’s as a new attempt to revive production was made in 2016 when RDG – a spin-off from RAG Austria – drilled a new well into the field A 3D seismic survey and more wells followed but the production test in 2020 ultimately put a stop to further development as it was regarded uneconomic in the end it was not the end of Ampfing’s link to the deep subsurface ONEO – formerly RDG – now aims to produce geothermal energy from the Upper Jurassic Malm that can be found beneath the Ampfing sandstone the company aims to deepen one of the wells recently drilled into the field A feasibility study has shown that between 19 and 24 MWth could be produced from the doublet This is partly thanks to the relatively high geothermal gradient of around 40°C per km and the fact that the Malm carbonates tend to have good porosities and permeabilities in Bavaria Henk KombrinkHenk.Kombrink@geoexpro.com+44 77 8899 2374 Sales DirectorIngvild Ryggen CarstensSales Enquiries+47 974 69 090 BERLIN (AP) — A vehicle apparently packed with migrants left a highway in southern Germany at high speed on Friday and crashed as the driver tried to evade a police check, killing seven people and injuring 16, authorities said. The accident happened near Ampfing, east of Munich on the A94 highway, which leads to the Austrian border. The van left the road and overturned. Police described the van, which had 23 people on board, as “a suspected smuggler vehicle.” They said prosecutors had opened a homicide investigation. Bavaria’s top security official, state Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann, said that the dead included a young child. The injured were taken to nearby hospitals. The Austrian-registered van was designed to carry nine people, and it wouldn’t have been possible for many of the people on board to use seat belts, German news agency dpa reported. Police said the vehicle was carrying Syrians and Turks, while the driver was a stateless man resident in Austria. “The inhuman behavior of the smuggler, who was injured in the accident and wanted to evade being stopped by the federal police just to save his own skin, makes one speechless,” Herrmann said. Germany has seen large numbers of migrants arriving in recent months. The A94 is known as a smuggling route and the site of the accident is about 50 kilometers (31 miles) from the border with Austria, through which many migrants transit en route to Germany. Herrmann, whose conservative party belongs to Germany’s main opposition bloc, told dpa that Friday’s incident shows “how important it is to further strengthen immediate border controls in order to stop smugglers already at the border.” Home Delivery Gift Subscriptions Log In Manage My Account Customer Service Delivery Issues Feedback News Tips Help & FAQs Staff List Advertise Newsletters View the ePaper Order Back Issues News in Education Search the Archives Privacy Policy Terms of Service Terms of Purchase Work at Boston Globe Media Internship Program Co-op Program Do Not Sell My Personal Information MAN has equipped the recently established motorway maintenance depot in Ampfing with five MAN TGS vehicles to perform operational services on a section of the A94 motorway from Munich – Passau The time it takes to drive between Munich and Passau is now shorter since a 33-kilometre section of the A94 motorway between Pastetten and Heldenstein was opened to traffic KG is taking over the operational services on a 77-kilometre stretch of the A94 Not only has a new motorway maintenance depot been created at the Ampfing junction (in the Mühldorf am Inn district) for this purpose but a completely new fleet of vehicles has also been purchased This is mostly comprised of MAN municipal vehicles from the TGS series Additions from other manufacturers include a universal vehicle with different equipment MAN TGS vehicles equipped in line with industry needs Purchasing the vehicles was preceded by an intensive planning phase in order to determine how the vehicle concept needed to be tailored to the tasks involved The A94 Isentalautobahn Services fleet includes five MAN TGS vehicles: three 3-axle vehicles and two 4-axle vehicles with the same design These were purchased with bodies from Aebi Schmidt Deutschland as the general contractor in close collaboration with MAN Truck & Bus Deutschland: MAN provided all of the vehicles ex works with amber revolving beacons spotlights and compressed-air horns on the roof of the M cab along with a front mounting plate for attaching the snow plough and raised winter service lighting Aebi Schmidt also equipped all the vehicles with a specially adapted load-sensing hydraulic system for operating all of the attachment equipment for summer and winter service and that is the air suspension on the rear axle The advantage of this becomes apparent during winter service operations when gritting the road this has an effect on the angle of the loading surface – and thereby on the angle of the gritting system attached to it – due to the reduced load on the spring leaves Achieving a uniform gritting pattern throughout the entire gritting run would not be possible without implementing technically complex measures on the gritter the electronically controlled air suspension installed by MAN is advantageous as it keeps the loading surface height and its angle constant at all times This means the gritter can distribute the salt and brine evenly over the entire width of the road from the first to the last kilometre of the run traction and manoeuvrability were important requirements for the operators; MAN managed to implement these at a technical level ex works In the 3-axle vehicles with a high design height the first and centre axles are permanently driven this chassis combines the payload of a 3-axle vehicle with the manoeuvrability of a 2-axle vehicle and the off-road capability of an all-wheel vehicle The 4-axle vehicles are configured for maximum manoeuvrability in such a way that three axles are steered the driven rear axle is assisted by MAN HydroDrive The hydraulic drive is installed in the second front axle This makes a normal design height possible and makes it easier for the driver to get in and out of the vehicle For smooth operation during snow and low temperatures the vehicle configuration has a heated windscreen and a flame-start system for improving the cold-start capability Different factors were considered during the selection and configuration of the vehicles and there was close collaboration between the operator and suppliers MAN and Aebi Schmidt during the process Additional sections of road were taken over from neighbouring road maintenance depots so that a stretch of 77 kilometres is to be maintained this stretch is to be cleared and gritted starting from the depot in Ampfing without having to stop at an intermediate store to load up on salt and brine This specification defined the volume that the transport containers needed to have thereby influencing the size and payload requirements of the vehicles The two 4-axle vehicles have bodies for 12 m³ of salt and 5,500 litres of brine these can be exchanged for a tank with a spray device for 15,000 litres of brine Two of the MAN TGS 28.420 vehicles have capacity for 8 m³ of salt and 5,000 litres of brine The roll-off skip loader has the smallest body with 7 m³ of salt and 3,000 litres of brine a state-specific special permit allows the permitted gross weight of a 3-axle vehicle to be increased from the standard 26 tonnes to 29 tonnes during winter service operations and therefore for a gritter with a greater load volume to be attached (8 m³ instead of 6 m³) The aim was to enable multifunctional use throughout the entire year; outside of the seasonal winter service activities a motorway maintenance depot has a very varied range of tasks The vehicles and their bodies had to be equally suited to ensuring traffic safety in the event of roadworks or accidents carrying out repairs on this stretch of road and cleaning the facilities in the parking areas The two 4-axle vehicles remain unchanged throughout the year They have warning trailers and serve as safety vehicles Flexible deployment is ensured through changing the crane tipper body different tipper bodies are available in addition to the gritter The stretch of road has two lanes on each carriageway the right concept for clearing snow is to use two vehicles with extra-wide snow ploughs This is why Aebi Schmidt installed the load-sensing hydraulic system The clearing concept is realised using special motorway snow ploughs with length-adjustable blades and a total clearing width of 4.40 metres Operations on the A94 Isentalautobahn motorway The new 33-kilometre section of the A94 was created as part of a public-private partnership KG will be responsible for the operation and upkeep of the entire 77-km long motorway section Forstinning – Marktl The consortium is comprised of the three construction companies BAM Berger Bau from Germany and Eiffage from France This is why the technology – like the fleet – and the services were able to be procured without calls to tender and ordered already tailored to the tasks involved haben Verkehrsminister Peter Ramsauer und Bahnaufsichtsratschef Professor Utz-Hellmuth Felcht den zweigleisigen Abschnitt zwischen Altmühldorf und Ampfing eröffnet **Fotos und Video**","url":"https://www.ovb-online.de/muehldorf/muehldorf/erste-schritt-ausbau-1045032.html"};c&&a.navigator.canShare(d)&&(c.style.display="",c.addEventListener("click",b=>{b.preventDefault(),a.setTimeout(function(){a.navigator.share(d)},0)}))}})(window,document); Den knapp zwei Dutzend Demonstranten der SPD-Kreisverbände Altötting und Mühldorf blies eiskalter Wind ins Gesicht Tapfer rasselten sie mit ihren Ketten und stimmten das Lied von der schwäbischen Eisenbahn an begrüßt von der Blasmusik der Stadtkapelle Mühldorf Doch nicht lange klangen die musikalischen Misstöne über das Gelände fand versöhnliche Worte: "Es ist ja schön dass die Infrastruktur verbessert wird" sagte der ehemalige Chef des Trostberger Chemieunternehmens SKW und bat die Demonstranten ins beheizte Festzelt am Bahnhof Dort versammelten sich zahlreiche geladene Gäste Bayerns Wirtschaftsminister Martin Zeil kam entgegen seiner Ankündigung allerdings genauso wenig wie Bahnchef Rüdiger Grube Vielleicht ist die aktuelle politische Konstellation trotzdem ein Glücksfall für die Region Das war zumindest am Rande der Eröffnung immer wieder zu hören: Ein Verkehrsminister aus Traunstein ein ehemaliger Chemiechef aus Trostberg als Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender der Bahn und 2013 wenn der nächste Ausbau Richtung Tüßling ansteht: Bundestagswahlen In dieses Bild passten die Aussagen des Samstags Eine "Mittelaufstockung des Bedarfplans Schiene" zum "bedarfsgerechten Ausbau der Bahnstrecke" bekannte sich Verkehrsminister Ramsauer Das gelte zunächst vor allem für den Ausbau zwischen Mühldorf und Tüßling für den der Planfeststellungsbeschluss 2013 vorliegen soll: "Und dann werden wir auch unverzüglich die dazu notwendige Finanzierungsvereinbarung unterschreiben" 7,8 Kilometer ist der am Samstag eingeweihte zweigleisige Abschnitt zwischen Altmühldorf und Ampfing lang von denen der Bund nach Angaben Ramsauers 33,8 Millionen Euro bereitgestellt hat Als Meilenstein bezeichnete Ramsauer den Ausbau auch Bayerns Bahnchef Klaus-Dieter Josel betonte mit Blick auf das neue elektronische Stellwerk Burghausen und den Neubau der Ehringer Innbrücke: "Sie sehen soll Baurecht für den Abschnitt zwischen Altmühldorf und Tüßling gelten die Pläne seien fertig und würden beim Eisenbahnbundesamt eingereicht Auch für das dritte Gleis zwischen Freilassing und Salzburg könne es in zwei Jahren Baurecht geben Der Verkehrsminister hielt am "langfristigen Vorhaben des kompletten Ausbaus und der Elektrifizierung der Strecke" zwischen München und der Grenze mit Österreich fest Statt wie bisher vom Ausbau zweiter Begegnungsabschnitte zwischen Markt Schwaben und Hörlkofen sowie zwischen Dorfen und Obergeiselbach zu sprechen erklärte Ramsauer den gesamten Ausbau zum Ziel Er brachte außerdem einen zweigleisigen Abschnitt zwischen Kirchweidach und Tittmonnig auf der Strecke Richtung Freilassing ins Spiel durften die Ehrengäste bei einer Fahrt nach Ampfing erleben: Auf halber Strecke überholte ein Güterzug den Regionalzug Dieser Inhalt"+t(a)+"kann aufgrund Ihrer Datenschutz-Einstellungen nicht geladen werden