The Ocensa pipeline is a crude oil pipeline in Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

. It starts on the Cusiana and Cupiagua oilfields and runs to Coveñas

Coveñas

Coveñas is a town and municipality located in the Sucre Department, northern Colombia. the town is a popular vacation place for the people of the colombian andean region.-References:...

 on Colombia's Caribbean

Caribbean Sea

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 coastline. It is owned by the consortium of Ecopetrol

Ecopetrol

Ecopetrol , formerly known as Empresa Colombiana de Petróleos S.A. is the largest and primary petroleum company in Colombia. Because of its size, Ecopetrol is a Fortune Global 500 company ranked 445, it belongs to the group of the 25 largest petroleum companies in the world, and it is one of the...

, and BP

BP

BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"...

, Total S.A.

Total S.A.

Total S.A. is a French multinational oil company and one of the six "Supermajor" oil companies in the world.Its businesses cover the entire oil and gas chain, from crude oil and natural gas exploration and production to power generation, transportation, refining, petroleum product marketing, and...

 and Triton Colombia.

Technical description

The pipeline is 829 kilometres (515.1 mi) long. It has capacity of . The pipeline is connected with the 235 kilometres (146 mi) long ODL pipeline (Oleoductos de Los Llanos), which transports oil from the Rubiales heavy oil field in Los Llanos Basin.

Partnerships

Pacific Rubiales Energy

Pacific Rubiales Energy

Pacific Rubiales Energy is a 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 including 38 blocks in the Llanos, Lower Magdalena and Cesar Valley, Rancheria, Upper and Middle...

• In January 2010 it made a 190 million dollar deal with rubiales heavy oil field owner Pacific Rubiales Energy for use of its pipeline to transport up to 160 million barrels of oil over 10 years.