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 20 ...
on Colombia's
Caribbean coastline. It is owned by the consortium of
Ecopetrol,
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 wikt:onshore, onshore foreland basin, foreland on Mesozoic rift basin covers the dep ...
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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 signed a 10-years contract to use the pipeline for transporting up to of oil over 10 years.
See also
* Caño Limón – Coveñas pipeline
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