State-owned oil company Petroecuador has declared an emergency in its main crude transport line, the Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE), following landslides triggered by activity from the El Reventador volcano in Napo province.
Classified as “unforeseeable” under the nation’s Public Procurement Law, the measure is intended to accelerate urgent contracts for mitigation work to protect the infrastructure from spills and structural damage, the newspaper Primicias reported.
The emergency…
