Petroecuador confirmed the spill magnitude in a separate statement on Tuesday and said that it collected 30,257 barrels of crude oil mixed with water, prior to a separation process. The rupture ...

Petroecuador declared force majeure and placed the SOTE under emergency status. Preliminary investigations attributed the rupture to a landslide. Petroecuador confirmed the spill volume and ...

In this scenario, native groups gathered under the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie), experts, and local officials are demanding transparency from Petroecuador and the ...

Initial studies of blocks 20 and 29 in Ecuador's Amazon region are ready for state oil company Petroecuador to analyze in the lead-up to tender launches, the country's energy and mines ministry ...

State-owned Petroecuador, which manages the damaged pipeline, announced Tuesday it was suspending exports of the Oriente crude -- one of two varieties that the South American country produces ...

QUITO, March 25 (Xinhua) -- More than 25,000 barrels of crude oil spilled into rivers and coastal areas in northern Ecuador after a pipeline rupture, state-owned oil company Petroecuador said Tuesday.