Ecuador's OCP pipeline halts operations
Published by Isabel Stagg,
Editorial Assistant
World Pipelines,
Operations for Ecuador's privately operated OCP heavy crude pipeline were halted and transportation valves were shut following a leak, the company said on Saturday 23 March, 2024, according to Reuters.
OCP detected a leak in Napo province in central Ecuador and immediately activated its emergency response plan which led to the shutdown, the company said in a statement.
OCP is "actively working" to control the situation, it said, without specifying the size of the leak.
The 485 km (301.37 mile) pipeline, the country's second largest, can transport about 450 000 bpd, though it has been operating below capacity.
OCP's contract to operate the pipeline had been due to expire in January. The company said then it was in talks with the government to transfer the pipeline to state control.
The pipeline construction required US$1.4 billion in private funding, OCP data showed.
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