OSLA Oil Pipeline

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The OSLA Oil Pipeline, also known by its Spanish name Oleoducto San Miguel-Lago Agrio or its Spanish acronym OSLA, is an oil pipeline in Ecuador.

Location

The OSLA pipeline runs from the Colombia-Ecuador border crossing at Río San Miguel to Lago Agrio, Ecuador, where it connects with the SOTE Oil Pipeline and the Crudos Pesados Oil Pipeline.

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Project Details

• Operator: EP Petroecuador
• Capacity: 80,000 bpd
• Length: 27 kilometers
• Diameter: 12 inches
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 1987

Background

In 2013, nine oil companies - Amerisur, Ecopetrol, Petrominerales, Vetra, Southeast Investment Corporation, Pacific Stratus Energy, Grantierra, Petroleum Colombia and Petronova - signed a contract with Petroecuador for rights to use the OSLA pipeline to transport Colombian crude oil into Ecuador. The oil is brought from Colombia to the Ecuadorian border via the OSO Oil Pipeline, then transported via the OSLA pipeline to Lago Agrio, Ecuador, where it can be fed into the SOTE Oil Pipeline and the Crudos Pesados Oil Pipeline for transport to the Balao export terminal in Esmeraldas, on Ecuador's Pacific coast.