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