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Ecuador · asset class
Pipelines in Ecuador
Ecuador has 7 pipelines mapped on the OverWatts open energy atlas — the 59th-largest fleet of the 110 countries that hold any, and 0.2% of the world's mapped total. Of these, 7 operating.
The largest owner-operators are EP Petroecuador (6) and Petroamazonas (1) — EP Petroecuador alone is named on 86% of them. Half of Ecuador's pipelines in service predate 2000 (median commissioning year of the 5 with a known date), 1 came online in the past decade and the oldest still listed is SOTE Oil Pipeline, dating from 1972. They account for 5% of every energy asset OverWatts maps in Ecuador.
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Who owns Ecuador's pipelines
- EP Petroecuador6 86%
- Petroamazonas1 14%
Counts an asset once per company named as its owner or operator; a joint venture counts for each partner.
When they were built
- 1970s1
- 1980s1
- 2000s1
- 2010s2
Median commissioning year 2000 · oldest SOTE Oil Pipeline (1972) · newest Pascuales-Cuenca Pipeline — Pascuales-La Troncal (2016) · 5 of 7 carry a start date
How Ecuador compares · pipelines by country
- 1. China1,108
- 57. Turkmenistan8
- 58. Taiwan8
- 59. Angola7
- 60. Ecuador7
- 61. Kuwait7
- 62. Portugal7
- 63. Slovakia7
Frequently asked
- How many pipelines are there in Ecuador?
- OverWatts maps 7 pipelines in Ecuador — 0.2% of the world's mapped total, the 59th-largest national fleet of the 110 countries with any.
- Who owns the pipelines in Ecuador?
- EP Petroecuador is named as owner or operator on the most — 6 of 7 (86%). Next are Petroamazonas (1).
- How old are Ecuador's pipelines?
- The median commissioning year is 2000, across the 5 in service with a known start date. The oldest still listed is SOTE Oil Pipeline (1972); 1 came online in the past ten years.