Telvent to deliver SCADA system for Pakistan pipeline

July 26, 2004
China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Group Corp., an international contractor, has selected Telvent to supply the supervisory control and data acquisition for the White Oil Pipeline Project in Pakistan.

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, July 26 -- China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Group Corp., an international contractor, has selected Telvent to supply the supervisory control and data acquisition for the White Oil Pipeline Project in Pakistan.

Telvent is a unit of Abengoa's Information Technology, Madrid, Spain.

The Pak-Arab Refinery Ltd. (PARCO), Karachi, formed a joint venture, Pak-Arab Pipeline Co. (PAPCO), in which PARCO has 51% equity interest with the remaining interest shared by oil marketing companies in Pakistan (OGJ, Apr. 15, 2002, p. 67).

PARCO said the 817-km white oil pipeline will flow products from Karachi to Mahmood Kot along with related facilities at a cost of $480 million. The 26-in. line will be able to move 12 million tonnes/year.