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Ecuador Just Became Peru's Top Oil Supplier — A $1.65B Crude Deal Ends a 4-Year Energy Freeze

Ecuador and Peru sealed a $1.65B state-to-state oil deal covering 16.2M barrels — as Noboa and Fujimori held their first bilateral cabinet summit in Lima.

Latin Times · Oct 21

Fire Halts Production At Ecuador's Biggest Oil Refinery

A fuel tank fire on Monday halted production at Ecuador's largest oil refinery, sparking the evacuation of nearby residents as a giant plume of smoke billowed from the facility.

International Business Times · May 27, 2025

Oil Drilling Sparks Indigenous Outcry As Spills Tarnish Ecuador Amazon

A thick slick of oil covers part of an estuary in the Ecuadoran Amazon, where the Indigenous Waorani people are imploring authorities to stop drilling for the black gold that keeps spilling into their environment.

International Business Times · Sep 5, 2024

‘We can’t hunt or fish’: the villages in Ecuador’s Amazon surrounded by abandoned explosives

In 2002, high explosives were laid in oil wells across 20 sq km of forest. The firm has gone but the pentolite remains, despite a court ruling, putting lives and the ecosystem at risk

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2024

Ecuadorean authorities detain former energy minister in bribery probe

Ecuadorean authorities have detained a former energy minister amid an investigation into alleged bribery linked to state oil firm Petroecuador, the attorney general's office said on Monday.

Reuters · May 15, 2023

Ecuador's state oil firm says weather power outage hits hundreds of wells

Ecuadoran state oil firm Petroecuador on Monday said weather-related damage to a power line affected more than 700 wells in its most productive blocks in the country's Amazon region, further biting into its crude output.

Reuters · Dec 13, 2022

Leak in Ecuador state firm's gas pipeline ignites fire, five injured

Ecuadorean state oil company Petroecuador said on Thursday five people were injured in a fire caused by a leak in a pipeline that carries gas to a refinery in the South American country's Amazon region.

Reuters · Nov 17, 2022

Ecuador's attorney general detains seven in Petroecuador corruption probe

Ecuador's attorney general has detained seven people, including former officials, as part of an investigation into suspected corruption in state oil company Petroecuador, it said on Tuesday.

Reuters · Nov 1, 2022

Ecuador Energy Minister Xavier Vera resigns amid corruption investigation

Ecuador's energy minister Xavier Vera resigned on Friday amid an investigation into accusations he arranged jobs at state oil company Petroecuador in exchange for bribes.

Reuters · Oct 28, 2022

Ecuador private oil pipeline reports spill following vandalism

The operator of Ecuador's private oil pipeline on Friday disclosed a spill in the Andean country's Amazon region, saying vandals damaged tubing that was no longer in service and caused an unspecified quantity of crude still in the tube to escape into the environment.

Reuters · Oct 14, 2022