SOTE is expected to operate again on December 29, 2021; but the deadline for the reestablishment of the OCP is until the first week of January 2022.
After a week of suspension of oil pumping through the Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline (SOTE) and the Presado Crude Oil Pipeline (OCP), the Ecuadorian economy has stopped receiving income tankers for around $ 600 million.
Authorities are working against the clock to build the seventh variant del SOTE, in a new attempt to avoid the consequences of regressive erosion in the Quijos River and its tributaries.
According to an official statement from Petroecuador, “to restore normality in the activities of the pipelinesDue to the regressive erosion of the Piedra Fina River 2, in the province of Napo, it is a priority for the National Government; for which the construction work of the variants in the area is accelerated ».
At the moment, the seventh variant of the Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE), located in the San Luis sector, records an advance of 73% and will be completed in 17 days; The objective is to resume crude transportation operations, from the Ecuadorian Amazon to the province of Esmeraldas, as of December 29, 2021.
For its part, the Heavy Crude Oil Pipeline (OCP) is building its ninth variant temporary, which will have a length of 4 kilometers and will allow to resume the provision of the transport service of raw as soon as possible.
The progress of the works registers a percentage of 40%, and, according to Roberto Grijalva, Operations Manager of OCP, operations will normalize during the first week of January 2022.
In the Shushufindi – Quito Poliducto, which transports Naphtha and LPG, the fifth The 2.5 km variant is at 81% and will be operational from December 19, 2021.
“The construction work is carried out in extended 24-hour days to meet the established deadlines and is carried out under adverse weather conditions, since the rains are constant in the sector. With these actions the operations of the national oil sector will be normalized, avoiding greater economic impacts, “said the Petroecuador statement.
Likewise, the state oil company once again ratified that the supply of fuels is guaranteed on a national scale. (JS)
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