The Transandino pipeline is a 305 kilometres (189.5 mi) long crude oil pipeline, which transports oil from Orito

Orito

Orito is a town and municipality located in the Putumayo Department, Republic of Colombia....

, in the Department of Putumayo, to the Pacific port of Tumaco

Tumaco

Tumaco is a port city and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia, by the Pacific Ocean. It is located on the southwestern of Colombia, near to border with Ecuador, and enjoys of hot tropical climate...

 in the Department of Nariño, Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

. The pipeline was built in 1969 with diameters of 10 inches (254 mm), 14 inches (355.6 mm) and 18 inches (457.2 mm). There are four pump stations and four reduce pressure stations. The pipeline has the capacity of 190000 oilbbl/d. It is operated by Ecopetrol

Ecopetrol

Ecopetrol , formerly known as Empresa Colombiana de Petróleos S.A. is the largest and primary petroleum company in Colombia. Because of its size, Ecopetrol is a Fortune Global 500 company ranked 445, it belongs to the group of the 25 largest petroleum companies in the world, and it is one of the...

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