Petroecuador
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Oil and gas | |
Predecessor | Corporación Estatal Petrolera Ecuatoriana |
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Founded | Quito, Ecuador (September 26, 1989 ) |
Headquarters | , |
Products | petroleum refined oil products |
Subsidiaries | Petroproduccion Petroindustrial Petrocomercial |
Website | www |
EP Petroecuador (Empresa Estatal Petróleos del Ecuador; Empresa Pública Petroecuador; meaning: State Petroleum Company of Ecuador) is the
History
Petroecuador is a
Operations
Petroecuador is engaged in the exploration, production, storage, refining of
Petroecuador owns three
- Esmeraldas Refinery, 110,000 barrels per day (17,000 m3/d) (began 1978)
- La Libertad Refinery, 45,000 barrels per day (7,200 m3/d)
- Shushufindi Refinery, 20,000 barrels per day (3,200 m3/d)
The Sector organization in 2012 was organized into the National Oil Companies (NOC's), Petroecuador, Petroamazonas and the Operaciones Rio Napo (which is jointly owned between Ecuador and Venezuela). The company's marketing network includes 148 Petrocomercial service stations.[8]
The largest production of oil in Ecuador is concentrated in the Northeastern part of the province. The Ishpingo-Tambococha-Tiputini (ITT) in the
As of August 2016, the company owns and operates an
Safety record
Petroecuador has allegedly contributed to
On February 26, 1998 there was an explosion and fire at the Petroecuador pipeline in Esmeraldas, a port city in northwest Ecuador.[11][12]
In another incident, this one unrelated to oil exploitation, on January 17, 2002 a
Environmental record
Petroecuador has been the subject of controversy over the impact of exploration and pipeline operations on the environment and
Advocacy groups such as
]Petroecuador has been the sole owner and operator of the oil facilities since 1990.[19] In 2000–2008, the company was responsible for 1,415 oil spills.[20] Petroecuador has also failed to clean up sites that were its responsibility under the joint venture.[21]
Lago Agrio oil field operations
Between the years 1964 and 1992 the Texaco Corporation and years later Petroecuador carried on intensive oil operations in the northeastern region of the Ecuadorian Amazon. These operations affected indigenous and non-indigenous local livelihoods in the area by impairing the ecological functions and biodiversity of thousands of acres of land.[22] Today the effects of these operations have been investigated and through the dumping crude in open pits, burying oil extraction byproducts, and burning unwanted oil without proper treatment, cancer rates amongst indigenous and non-indigenous residence has increased dramatically with in a ten-year time period.[23] As oil weathers, contamination occurs as aromatic compounds are released and invade surrounding aquifers.[24]
See also
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