Caño Limón – Coveñas Oil Pipeline

Summary Information

• Source: Cano Limon Oil Field
• Destination: Covenas
• Ownership: Ecopetrol / Oxy
• Website: http://www.ecopetrol.com.co/
• Length: 770 kilometres ( miles)
• Capacity: 220,000 barrels of oil per day
• Crude Type: Cano Limon Crude

+++ Brief Description

• The Cano Limon-Covenas Oil Pipeline, the second in length in the country, is approximately 771 kilometers long and has a maximum capacity of 220 thousand barrels per day. It is the pipeline by which crude oil from Cano Limon field in the province of Arauca is transported to the Covenas maritime and tanker terminal in the province of Sucre

+++ Pipeline Status

• Operating

+++ History

• 1986 - Pipeline commissioned
• 2011 - Ecopetrol and Occidental reach an agreement on Autonomy of Cano Limon-Covenas Pipeline

+++ Other Information

• The pipeline has been a principal infrastructure target for terrorist attacks by Colombia's insurgent groups

+++ Links

• Ecopetrol, Pipelines
• Efforts to Secure Colombia's Cano Limon-Covenas Oil Pipeline Have Reduced Attacks, but Challenges Remain
• Ecopetrol and Occidental reach an agreement on Autonomy of Cano Limon-Covenas Pipeline