from Lago Agrio to Esmeraldas

Provinces of Sucumbíos, Napo, Napo-Pichincha, Pichincha

The Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados (OCP) runs from Lago Agrio near the oil fields of Ecuador's Oriente region to the Balao Oil Terminal in Esmeraldas, on the Pacific coast.

The pipeline has four pumping stations and two pressure reduction stations:
- Amazonas Terminal and Cayagama Station in Sucumbíos province;
- Sardinas Station in Napo province;
- Páramo Station, located between the provinces of Napo and Pichincha; and
- Puerto Quito and Chiquilpe Stations, in Pichincha province.

The pipeline crosses the Amazon Jungle, the Andes, and numerous natural reserves on its route to the Pacific Coast.

Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil

The OCP crude oil pipeline is a private owned company.
It's Ecuador's second largest pipeline and transports around 30% of the country's oil production. The 295-mile, 450,000 bbl/d OCP mostly parallels the route of the SOTE Oil Pipeline, carrying oil from the Amazon region fields to the Balao oil terminal on the Pacific coast.

• The pipeline traverses a geologically unstable landscape.
• The pipeline's route passes through 94 fault lines, six volcanoes, multiple waterways, and rain forests.
• The pipeline is threatened by severe earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, floods, and soil erosion.

• In February 2021, a 500-meter bypass was under construction (by the pipeline operator OCP) near El Reventador as a preventive measure to maintain the pipeline's integrity after heavy rains and erosion led to landslides in the area;
• In December 2021, the pipeline suspended operations due to ongoing erosion and made plans for a pipe variant to avoid the worst of the erosion in order to continue operations in 2022.

OCP Ecuador S.A

Av. Amazonas 1014
y Naciones Unidas
Edf. Banco La Previsora,
Torre A, 3er piso
Quito 170135
Ecuador