US EditionOil spill in Ecuador river brings emergency declaration
- An oil spill occurred in northwestern Ecuador, turning a section of the Esmeraldas River in the province of Esmeraldas black and prompting authorities to declare an environmental emergency.
- The oil spill is believed to be caused by a landslide rupturing a major oil pipeline, part of the Trans-Ecuadoran Pipeline System that transports crude oil from the Amazon to the Pacific coast.
- As a result of the spill, authorities halted the diversion of river water to an aqueduct supplying the city of Esmeraldas and urged its more than 200,000 residents to ration water.
- Mayor Vilko Villacis described the damages from the leak as "unprecedented".
- State-Owned Petroecuador is working to address the emergency at the pipeline, which is the most used pipeline system in Ecuador and has the capacity to transport 360,000 barrels per day, while the company has not estimated the volume of oil spilled.
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