2024-06-27 09:15:25
PRESENT
The corporate Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados (OCP) Ecuador suspended the operation of the pipeline by way of which oil is transported on June 17, 2024. The measure was taken preventively within the face of the advance of regressive erosion within the Quijos (Coca) River, the agency reported in an announcement.
OCP Ecuador talked about that this determination was made as a result of intense rains that occurred within the nation, specifically, within the province of Napo. This case “considerably accelerated the erosion of the Quijos River,” mentioned the non-public agency.
As well as, the non-public firm – in command of the Heavy Crude Oil Pipeline – resolved to declare the determine of drive majeure within the occasion of any attainable impression {that a} part of this infrastructure might have, positioned within the Gonzalo Díaz de Pineda parish, El Chaco canton, within the province from Napo.
This measure concerned the suspension of operation and the closing of valves preventively. Thus, an eventual oil spill might be averted within the occasion {that a} break happens as a result of advance of regressive erosion.
By way of this pipeline, 160,000 barrels of oil per day are transported from the Amazon to Esmeraldas.