Páramo

The Páramo Station aims to provide the final boost to the heavy crude oil in order to overcome its highest point: 4,064 meters at the sector of La Virgen. This represents the last pumping infrastructure in the OCP system.

IMPORTANT DATA

  • Location: Papallacta / Napo. KM 186
  • Altitude: 2,862 masl
  • Transport capacity: 450,000 barrels per day

Equipment:

  • 1 furnace
  • 6 pumping engine groups
  • 1 heat exchanger
  • Water and foam extinguishing system
  • Open-and-shut system to control fluids leaving the station