Due to the erosion of the Coca River, the pumping of crude oil and derivatives has been suspended through the SOTE and the Shushufindi – Quito Poliducto.
This Saturday, authorities from various ministries will carry out a technical visit and hold an inter-institutional technical table to articulate actions against the erosion registered in the Piedra Fina river, one of the tributaries of the Quijos river, in the province of Napo, which has affected on the Baeza – Lago Agrio highway and that could put the infrastructure of the country’s oil transportation system at risk.
The meeting seeks to protect the physical safety of workers and residents, safeguard the strategic infrastructure of the oil, electricity and road sectors existing in the area, in addition to protecting the environment.
Petroecuador guarantees that there will be a supply of fuel, after the collapse of a section of the Baeza – Lago Agrio highway
Since the morning of last Friday, the Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE) and the Shushufindi – Quito Poliducto stopped pumping crude oil and fuel at the same time. At the moment, as a measure preventive, crude oil pumping operations remain suspended and fuel derivatives, through SOTE and the Shushufindi – Quito Poliducto, however, fuel dispatch and distribution operations are normal in the country.
According to Petroecuador, this suspension is intended to safeguard the integrity of the pipelines that carry hydrocarbons from the eastern region of the country. This public company so far It has built six variants of the SOTE, there would be works for a seventh and work is underway for the construction of a 280-meter pop-up bypass.
“Citizens can be calm, and have the assurance that the public company Petroecuador has a sufficient stock of products, such as: gasoline, diesel, fuel oil for electricity generation, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and Jet Fuel to supply demand at scale national ”, was stated in a press release from the Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources.
It was reported that the dispatch of fuels is carried out through the twelve terminals, six LPG distribution centers, service at airports and artisanal fishing warehouses.
SOTE suspended pumping due to the regressive erosion of the Coca River, reported Petroecuador; section of the Quito-Lago Agrio highway collapsed this Friday 10
The Ministry of Transportation and Public Works (MTOP) closed the Baeza – Lago Agrio road indefinitely, until evaluations are made and the type of intervention to be carried out to recover is determined. connectivity. To guarantee traffic and safety of users, the MTOP prioritizes intervention in the affected section to reestablish and guarantee traffic.
For its part, the Agency for the Regulation and Control of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources, carries out daily monitoring of the construction of the variants of the Heavy Crude Oil Pipeline (OCP), SOTE and Poliducto Shushufindi – Quito. Also, monitor construction compliance of the bypasses to divert the Petroecuador and OCP pipelines, where it has been verified that all the buildings made do not cause environmental effects.
In this line, technical staff of the Ministry of the Environment supervises the implementation of prevention plans, contingency and mitigation established by related institutions, to take response actions in the event of a possible environmental emergency.
It was indicated that at the end of the meetings that take place, the decisions taken and the actions to be implemented will be reported. (I)
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