New Oil Spill Affects Ecuadorian Ecosystems - teleSUR English

New Oil Spill Affects Ecuadorian Ecosystems - teleSUR English

Authorities confirmed the event after citizens posted videos showing how the crude oil was spreading across a road. On Thursday, the state-owned company Petroecuador confirmed that a pipeline rupture caused a new oil spill on a highway in the Amazonian province of Orellana. RELATED: Environmental Disaster Due to Oil Spill Worsens in Ecuador The spill took place on Wednesday. However, authorities confirmed the incident hours later, after citizens…

The spill was caused by the impact of a private low bed vehicle, which affected the production flow line.

QUITO, April 18.- In Ecuador there was a new oil spill after the rupture of a pipeline on a paved road in the Amazon province of Orellana, as confirmed by the state oil company Petroecuador. The spill took place on Wednesday afternoon; however, it was not until Thursday that the situation became public, after the dissemination of multiple videos on social networks that showed how the crude was spreading along the road and its surroundings, Teles…