The incident occurred on February 3, in the North Branch of the Nor Peruano Pipeline near to Mayuriaga river, in the district of Morona, province of Datem Marañón, Loreto region.
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Peruvian president urges approval for environmental remediation project
Peruvian state must finance technical study for environmental remediation of ancestral territories of indigenous peoples affected by oil pollution in river basins Pastaza, Corrientes, Tigre and Marañón.
The millions of dollars forgiven to oil companies in Peru
Pluspetrol Norte company, whose contract in the most important lot of the country’s expired in August of this year, is the biggest beneficiary by law.
Research shows that oil pollution impacts in Peruvian reserve
Study seeks to understand impacts of oil spills during the period of oil operations in the reserve, with information of 565 water and soil samples for the period 1994-2015.
Oil exploration threatens forests in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Document prepared by the Amazon Regional Articulación (ARA), points out that, in the region, unlike the rest of the country, poverty rates are not only higher, as they have also increased.
E-Book shows behavior of extractive industries in Peru
Book ‘Excesses unpunished’ brings reports with evidence and cases in the mining and oil sector in the country.
Tacana indigenous say that Bolivian oil company “will kill” 17,000 chestnut trees
Indigenous peoples engaged in collecting chestnut denounced Bolivian oil company YPFB will kill 17,000 chestnut trees, with the possible oil exploration in its territory.
Young people spilled oil in front of Pluspetrol to protest against pollution
A group arrived at the outside of the offices of Pluspetrol in Lima to demand remediation of contaminated areas in the Loreto Amazon.
Ollanta Humala about Lot 192: community claims are legitimate
The Peruvian president said that the claims of native communities in the basin of the Tigre, Pastaza and Corrientes rivers, which require prior consultation before the exploitation of Lot 192, are “legitimate”.
The Matsés, last shamans of the Amazon forest to resist a transnational
The Canadian oil company Pacific Rubiales, from Soros Group, will open hundreds of seismic lines in over 700 square kilometers of virgin forest on this indigenous territory, in the border between Peru and Brazil.