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President Correa Praises Research in the
Amazon
QUITO - Ecuadorian president, Rafael Correa,
congratulated young research engineers who
work at the Center of Environment
Technologies of Petroecuador in La Joya de
los Sachas, in the Amazonic province of
Orellana. This center is aimed at developing
biotechnologies for environmental
protection. "With these new techniques they
develop from microorganisms we can remedy
problems without major contamination," the
president said.
Correa pointed out that the Center is in
charge of designing and applying research
projects to recover soil and waters affected
with contaminants from the oil industry.
Its specialists will apply technologies to
improve environmental processes and include
the in vitro cultivation of native vegetable
species.
It will also be in charge of checking
microorganisms not cultivable, design and
implementation of a treatment system of
black and gray waters and design a
physics-chemical-biological system for
treatment of sedimentary mud.
Correa pointed out that reduction of oil
spills through the formation of a Corporate
Vice presidency of the Environment, Social
Responsibility, Security and Health of
Petroecuador that have been working hard to
prevent the number of spills of previous
years.
Petroproduction vice president, Brummer
Vazquez, informed the president that
according to annual figures 45 spills were
reported in 2007 and in 2008 these were
reduced to 18 and this year only three
contaminating spills have been registered.
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