The Ecuadorian oil firm Petroecuador confirmed this Thursday the rupture of a crude oil transportation pipeline in a peripheral space of the Yasuní Nationwide Park (within the northeast of the nation), in addition to a poisonous spill that has reached the Napo River, a tributary of the Amazon.
Petroecuador indicated in an announcement that an “environmental occasion” was recorded within the so-called Block 16, in a sector of the Yasuní Nationwide Park, within the Amazon province of Orellana, in addition to the “sudden rupture of an oil pipeline,” which was instantly attended to by personnel from the state firm.
“Containment obstacles have been positioned on the web site to cease the advance of the hydrocarbon and preventive obstacles had been put in to guard the water our bodies surrounding the Napo River,” the supply added after stating that with these actions that “occasion was managed.”
Nonetheless, he said that on Tuesday there was heavy rainfall within the space, which brought about “part of the hydrocarbon contained within the obstacles to be dragged into the Napo River.”
“Extra obstacles are presently being positioned with a view to forestall the advance of traces of hydrocarbon within the river our bodies and thus reduce the impacts” of the mishap, Petroecuador added.
The state firm has not but reported on the quantity of hydrocarbon that has been spilled as a result of rupture of the pipeline and the remobilization of the fabric as a result of intense rains.
The corporate added that it maintains everlasting contact with the communities of indigenous residents affected by the spill and famous that members of those populations have supported the primary mitigation responses to the mishaps.
A few of these inhabitants have acted as guides, small boat drivers or labor for contracting corporations of the state oil firm, the supply added.
Likewise, he indicated {that a} Petroecuador emergency response crew is on web site to supply the required help in contingency efforts.
Block 16 is situated within the Yasuní Nationwide Park, and since 2023 it has been operated by Petroecuador, after the Authorities selected to not lengthen the service contracts with Petrolia, a subsidiary of the Canadian New Stratus Power (NSE), nor to alter the modality. contractual to participation contracts.
Since then, manufacturing from Block 16 and the neighboring Block 67 has declined from about 15.000 barrels per day to about 10.000 barrels per day.
The extraction and export of crude oil is among the principal sources of overseas foreign money revenue for Ecuador, a rustic that extracts about 400.000 barrels of crude oil per day.
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2024-06-28 09:59:24