Ocensa Oil Pipeline
Summary Information
- Source:
- Destination: Coveñas on the Caribbean coast of Colombia
- Ownership: Ecopetrol
- Website: http://www.ecopetrol.com.co/
- Length: 830 kilometres ( miles)
- Capacity: 560,000 barrels of oil per day
- Crude Type:
The Route
- The 830 kilometre Ocensa pipeline starts onshore at the Cusiana Oil Field and Cupiagua Oil Field and terminates at the port in Coveñas on the Caribbean coast of Colombia.
Pipeline Status
- In operation
History
- 1997 - Pipeline operations commence
- 2003 - BP acquires and extra 9.6% stake in asset swap with Hess
- 2009 - Ecopetrol acquire shares from Enbridge increasing its stake from 35.3% to 60%
- 2010 - BP sold a 24.8 per cent interest in the pipeline to Ecopetrol & Talisman along with various upstream assets
- 2011 - Petrominerales acquired a five percent interest from Total
Other Information
- The Ocensa pipeline is presently running at capacity, transporting sixty percent of the current total oil production in Colombia.
Links
- Central Pipeline SA, Ocensa
- Petrominerales Announces Strategic Acquisition Of Interest In Colombia’s Ocensa Pipeline
- Ecopetrol S.A. agrees to acquire Enbridge's share in OCENSA
- BP Agrees to Sell Colombian Business to Ecopetrol and Talisman
- BP And Amerada Hess Agree Swap
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