After the protests, Petroecuador, which flew with the supply of the oil block, hit the logistics

QUITO, 9 January (Reuters) – Ecuador’s state oil company Petroecuador said on Monday the company was providing planes to a key Amazon oil block as it sought to clear roadblocks set up by a local indigenous community.

The block is one of two that Petroecuador took control of in the country’s Amazonian state of Orellana on January 1 from a subsidiary of Canada’s New Status Energy.

The pair of blocks 16 and 67 transports more than 14,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd).

After Brazil, Colombia and Argentina, Ecuador is South America’s small oil and gas is one of the producers.

Amid the handover process, the Waorani community of Dicaro in Orellana began blocking access roads to 16 blocks, demanding a free and informed consultation process for the new operator of the oil blocks.

Petroecuador said in a statement that “chemicals, oils and food with” he said.

Petroecuador did not specify whether the protest would affect production in the regions, adding that the road closure was due to “demands not being met by the private operator”.

That the company has the staff and contract to continue operations and that labour he said he would do it according to the law.

CONFENIAE, the main organization of indigenous groups in Ecuador’s Amazon, wrote on Twitter that the Waorani community has been demonstrating “peaceful resistance” to defend its territory since December 25 and asked the government to hold public consultations on Petroecuador’s operations. desire

Petroecuador will temporarily operate both blocks until an international tender is announced to appoint a private operator, the government said.

According to official data, the production of Petroecuador was about 396 thousand barrels on Sunday.

Reporting by Alexandra Valencia; Edited by David Alire Garcia and Sandra Maler

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2023-01-10 05:26:59
Source – reuters

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