News Ecuador Esmeraldas: Esmeraldas oil spill in Ecuador devastates rivers and wildlife refuge
Published on: Tuesday 18 March 2025
News source: https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/03/oil-spill-in-ecuador-devastates-rivers-and-wildlife-refuge/
A massive oil spill in Ecuador, in the northwestern Esmeraldas province, has covered multiple rivers and a key wildlife refuge in thick, black sludge, impacting more than half a million residents. A rupture appeared in a 500-kilometer (310-mile) pipeline operated by the state-owned oil company Petroecuador on Mar. 13, according to a statement by the […]
News Ecuador Esmeraldas: Ecuador state-owned oil pipeline restarts pumping operations
Published on: Friday 31 December 2021
News source: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/ecuador-state-owned-oil-pipeline-restarts-pumping-operations
"SOTE operations will also allow oil fields and the Esmeraldas and La Libertad refineries to gradually resume work," the ministry added. Ecuador's oil output hit 90,358 barrels on Dec. 29 ...
