Ecuador private pipeline operator suspends pumping crude following burst

QUITO, Jan 29 (Reuters) – OCP Ecuador, the operator of Ecuador’s privately held heavy crude pipeline, suspended pumping crude on Saturday as a preventative measure after it ruptured in the Amazon, and began cleaning and repairs.The burst happened late on Friday in the Piedra Fina zone, an area in Ecuador’s Amazon where regressive erosion caused the OCP pipeline and the state-owned SOTE pipeline to halt pumping in December, forcing the government to declare force majeure over its oil exports and production.”OCP Ecuador S.A. informs that the pumping of crude oil has been stopped as a preventive measure, and …
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