The Secretary of State for Ibero-America and the Caribbean and Spanish in the World, Juan Fernández Trigo, arrived in Peru this Wednesday to assess the situation of the oil spill produced on January 15 on the coasts of Lima and Callao from a refinery from Repsol.
Sources from the Spanish embassy confirmed to Efe that Fernández Trigo arrived in the Peruvian capital and immediately began his work meetings, which include a visit to the La Pampilla Refinery (retrace), That operates Repsoltogether with representatives of the company, including its executive director in Peru, Jaime Fernandez-Cuesta.
In the place is “will do an evaluation” of the situation of the spill produced from the refinery, located in the district of Ventanilla, in the province of Callao, adjacent to Metropolitan Lima.
The Spanish Secretary of State also plans to meet with Peruvian government authorities before returning to Spain on Thursday afternoon.
This is the second time that Fernandez Wheat He has been visiting Peru since last July when the government of leftist Pedro Castillo took office, since last November he met in Lima with ministers and other authorities of the Peruvian Executive.
The Government of Peru paralyzed this Monday the loading and unloading activities of oil tankers in La Pampilla, a decision that the oil company said it hopes to solve with the authorities “in order to guarantee the supply of its products”.
Repsol recalled that La Pampilla supplies 40% of the Peruvian fuel market and that, for this reason, it will “the greatest efforts to avoid the risk of shortages of essential products for Peruvian citizens and the development of the country”.
The company reported that the amount of oil spilled reached 10,396 barrels (1.65 million liters), a figure much higher than the 6,000 barrels it indicated at the beginning and slightly less than the 11,900 barrels (1.9 million liters) estimated by the Peruvian authorities. .
The spill occurred at terminal number 2 of the refinery, when the collector platform was allegedly released or detached, coinciding with an unusual sea level due to the tsunami generated by the volcanic eruption in Tonga.
The spilled oil has spread along some 50 kilometers of coastline, from Ventanilla, in Callao, to the city of Chancay, in the north of the department of Lima.
On the surface, the oil has spread over 11.9 square kilometers between beaches and water, according to the latest report offered by the Peruvian authorities.
The company reported during the last weekend that 35% of the oil has already been recovered in cleaning work from the sea and beaches, and that to enhance these actions it would transport additional equipment to Peru from the United States, Finland, Brazil, Colombia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Source: Gestion
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