SCADA, control and communications of the Heavy Crude Oil Pipeline in Ecuador. CUSTOMER BENEFITS • Improved safety with leak detection and localization system • Improved efficiencies with remote operation capability

1. OCP Ecuador S.A. is a consortium formed by several multinational companies
aiming the construction and operation of the second oil pipeline in Ecuador.
The 560 km. Heavy Crude Oil Pipeline (OCP), is the unique net in the country that
transports heavy crude oil with API grades from 18 to 24.
The installations of the OCP, that begins its operations in the year 2003, are the
following:
• Five stations: Amazonas, Cayagama, Sardinas, Páramo, Chiquilpe and
Puerto Quito.
• The OCP Maritime Terminal.
Challenges
The main priority of the OCP is reaching a high level of security in the operation of
the pipeline in order to safeguard the integrity of people and environment.
PROJECT AT A GLANCE
Project Type
Solutions for pipeline security and control
Location
Ecuador
Applications
Updating and upgrading systems for
improved pipeline security and safety
Equipment Installed
OASyS®
SCADA
Schneider Electric liquid management
applications
CUSTOMER BENEFITS
• Improved safety with leak detection and
localization system
• Improved efficiencies with remote operation
capability
Pipeline Support Solutions
OCP
SCADA, control and communications of the Heavy Crude Oil Pipeline in Ecuador
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OCP aims to become a Latin-American reference
in the efficient, secure, sustainable and social
responsible hydrocarbon transport that stimulates
the development of the region.
The most significant challenges of the project are:
• Survival
• Competitiveness
• Rentability
Solution
The Schneider Electric solution, already installed and
used in the pipeline industry worldwide, was selected
to achieve these challenges.
The project consists of the engineering, design,
production, supply, FAT, SAT, commissioning, and
guarantee, by means of the OASyS SCADA system,
for efficient and responsible transport of the heavy
crude.
The system also includes:
• A Main Control Room, with real-time, historical
servers and redundant LAN (Local Area
Network), and an Emergency Control Room,
both in Quito.
• Seven remote operation centers.
• Four pumping stations and three press reduction
stations, each one including a Remote Operation
Workstation (ROW) connected to the local net
(LAN) and accessing the SCADA system through
the communications network.
• 25 block valves.
• Schneider Electric liquid management
applications:
• Stock management.
• Daily balance of oil movement at every site
metering skid.
• Custody transfer measurement and ticketing.
• SCADA measurement audit trail.
• Leak detection and localization system with
special advanced applications such as scraper
tracking, instrumentation analysis, efficiency and
optimization of pumping stations.
• PLCs Allen Bradley (Contrologix in stations and
Compactlogix in valves).
• Review as local HMI (Human Man Interface) in
stations. Fiber optic as main communication
network and satellite as back up channel, for
voice and data transfer.
The stations located along the pipeline have local
control systems that are connected to the SCADA
through the communication network to transport
data between different locations.
The control system is based on different levels, each
with capacity to work locally:
• First level: Field instrumentation.
• Second level: Main control PLC.
• Third level: User interface.
• Fourth level: Control SCADA system.
Within this the project challenges of safety,
environment and efficiency are reached by OCP.
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