OLAPA Pipeline

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OLAPA Pipeline is an operating LPG and oil products pipeline in Brazil.

Location

The pipeline runs from the Presidente Getúlio Vargas refinery (REPAR) in Araucária, Paraná, to the Paranaguá Terminal in São Paulo.

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Project details

• Operator: Transpetro

• Owner:

• Parent company:

• Capacity: 324,000.00 m3/month

• Length: 98 km

• Diameter: 12 inches

• Status: Operating

• Start year: 1975

• Cost:

• Financing:

• Associated infrastructure:

Background

In 2001, an accident occurred in the OLAPA pipeline, which resulted in the leakage of diesel fuel mixture and subsequent environmental damage.