Oil pipelines systems for hydrocarbons transportation are linear projects that can reach great lengths. For this reason, theirs paths may cross different geological formations, soil types, navigable or torrential waters; and they may face geotechnical and hydrological instability problems such as creeping slopes, geological faults, landslides, scour and differential settling which causes different relative movements between the soil and the pipeline. The OCENSA (Oleoducto Central S.A) 30″ and 36″ diameter system was built in 1997 to transport crude oil from the eastern foothills of the Andes to the Caribbean Coast along some 830 km of the Eastern Andes mountains range and the spurs of the central Andes mountains range of Colombia: it was a major challenge to secure the integrity of the pipeline in the face of natural events.
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ASME 2013 International Pipeline Geotechnical Conference
July 24–26, 2013
Bogota, Colombia
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- Pipeline Systems Division
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978-0-7918-5577-5
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Integrity Management Program for Geo-Hazards in the OCENSA Pipeline System
Hugo García,
Hugo García
Oleoducto Central S.A., Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia
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Carlos Nieves,
Carlos Nieves
Equión Energia, Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia
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Juan Diego Colonia
Juan Diego Colonia
Oleoducto Central S.A., Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia
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Hugo García
Oleoducto Central S.A., Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Carlos Nieves
Equión Energia, Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Juan Diego Colonia
Oleoducto Central S.A., Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Paper No:
IPG2013-1918, V001T04A002; 10 pages
Published Online:
January 20, 2014
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García, H, Nieves, C, & Colonia, JD. "Integrity Management Program for Geo-Hazards in the OCENSA Pipeline System." Proceedings of the ASME 2013 International Pipeline Geotechnical Conference. ASME 2013 International Pipeline Geotechnical Conference. Bogota, Colombia. July 24–26, 2013. V001T04A002. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/IPG2013-1918
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