Carrasco-Cochabamba Oil Pipeline

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Carrasco-Cochabamba Oil Pipeline, also known by its Spanish initials OCC, is an operating oil pipeline in Bolivia.

Location

The pipeline starts at YPFB's Carrasco station in Carrasco, Bolivia and runs to the company's Cochabamba terminal in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

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Project Details

• Operator: YPFB Transporte SA
• Owner: YPFB Transporte SA
• Parent company: Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) 98.55%, Others 1.44%
• Capacity: 15,000 bpd
• Length: 247 km
• Diameter: 6.8 inches, 10 inches
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 2005
• Cost: $50 million USD
• Financing:

Background

The Carrasco-Cochabamba (OCC) pipeline, which was non-operational from 1999 to 2005 due to lack of crude oil, finally began commercial operations in June 2005. In late 2015, a truck collided with the pipeline in Shinaota municipality starting a fire and causing infrastructural damage.