The Ocensa pipeline (''Oleoducto Central'') is a crude oil pipeline in
Colombia. It starts on the Cusiana and Cupiagua oilfields and runs to
Coveñas
Coveñas is a Resort town and municipality located in the Sucre Department, northern Colombia. It was established in the 16th century as a port for slave traders, then it became an oil port in the twentieth century . It became a municipality in 2 ...
on Colombia's
Caribbean coastline. It is owned by the consortium of
Ecopetrol
Ecopetrol, formerly known as Empresa Colombiana de Petróleos S.A. ( en, Colombian Petroleum Co.) is the largest and primary petroleum company in Colombia. As a result of its continuous growth, Ecopetrol forms part of the Fortune Global 500 and ...
,
BP,
Total S.A.
TotalEnergies SE is a French multinational integrated energy and petroleum company founded in 1924 and one of the seven supermajor oil companies. Its businesses cover the entire oil and gas chain, from crude oil and natural gas exploration and ...
, Petrominerales and Triton Colombia.
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Technical description
The pipeline is long. It has capacity of .
[ The pipeline is connected with the long ODL pipeline (''Oleoductos de Los Llanos''), which transports oil from the Rubiales heavy oil field in the ]Llanos Basin
The Llanos Basin ( es, Cuenca Llanos) or Eastern Llanos Basin ( es, Cuenca de los Llanos Orientales) is a major sedimentary basin of in northeastern Colombia. The onshore foreland on Mesozoic rift basin covers the departments of Arauca, Casan ...
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Stations
The oil pipeline counts with the following pumping stations (info updated in 2017):
* Cupiagua Station - 00
* Cusiana Station - 01
* El Porvenir Station - 02
* Páez Station - 03
* Miraflores Station - 04
* La Belleza Station - 05
* Vasconia Station - 06
* Chiquillo Station - 07
* Caucasia Station - 08
* Granjita Station - 09
* Coveñas Termina - 10
Partnerships
In January 2010 Pacific Rubiales Energy
Frontera Energy (formerly Pacific Exploration and Production) is a Canadian petroleum exploration and production company in the business of heavy crude oil and natural gas. Its focus is on Colombia and Peru where it holds numerous properties incl ...
signed a 10-years contract to use the pipeline for transporting up to of oil over 10 years.
See also
* Caño Limón – Coveñas pipeline
Caño is a barrio in the municipality of Guánica, Puerto Rico
Guánica (, ) is a town and municipality in southwestern Puerto Rico, bordering the Caribbean Sea, south of Sabana Grande, east of Lajas, and west of Yauco. It is part of the Yau ...
References
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Oil pipelines in Colombia
BP buildings and structures
Buildings and structures in Antioquia Department
Buildings and structures in Boyacá Department
Buildings and structures in Córdoba Department
Buildings and structures in Cundinamarca Department