Evaluación técnica y económica de la distribución de hidrocarburos y propuesta de un plan de mejoras para el poliducto Pascuales-Cuenca.

Abstract

Through the Pascuales - Cuenca pipeline, crude and its derivatives are transported, having an extension of 215 kilometers, allowing the distribution to be safer in four stations that are El Chorrillo, La Troncal, Pascuales and Cuenca. However, during this process there have been paralyzes or decreases in the pumping flow due to problems such as the lack of maintenance and deterioration of the equipment generating an increase in costs, high transportation times and a decrease in operating stocks in Dispatch Terminals. For these reasons, the project is developed with the objective of evaluating the technical and economic aspects of the distribution of hydrocarbons for the proposal of a proposal for an improvement plan for the Pascuales-Cuenca pipeline. The research demanded the use of two techniques for data collection being the survey under the quantitative approach and the interview as a qualitative approach. Among the findings of the survey is that improvements should be applied to operational programming and that the distribution of hydrocarbons and equipment quality are classified as regular, while the interview indicates that there is a predisposition of the entity towards process improvement but there are limitations such as the availability of inoperative suppliers and equipment considering the improvement of maintenance supported by a plan is necessary. As a proposal, a manual of procedures for pumping and receiving hydrocarbons that favors operational efficiency is presented, as well as including aspects for preventive and corrective maintenance, supporting its feasibility in a financial analysis.