New Oil Spill Reported
In Ecuador
Ecuador's state-owned
oil company Petroecuador
had to deal with a new
oil spill Thursday,
caused by the rupture of
a transfer pipe of Auca
19 well in the eastern
province of Orellana.
The accident occurred
Thursday at 07:30 local
time (1330 GMT),
affecting a surface area
of 4,000 square meters
of marsh zone in Dayuma
parish, according to the
website "Ecuadorinmediato".
Absorbent barriers were
put in place to prevent
the oil from spreading
and to minimize the
environmental impact.
Technical workers from
another oil field, the
Cononaco field, have
also been asked for help
in curbing the
pollution.
On Monday, a clandestine
perforation was made in
a secondary pipeline of
the Tetete field in the
northern province of
Sucumbios.
The marsh around the
spill point and a part
of the Ocano riverside
have been affected,
workers said.
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