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On Mar. 13, 2025, a rupture occurred along a section of Ecuador’s state-owned Sistema de Oleoducto Transecuatoriano near El Vergel, releasing an estimated 25,116 bbl of crude ...

The spill affected five rivers. According to the Secretariat of Environment, at least 80 kilometers of the Esmeraldas River are affected. The latest reports indicate that the oil-blackened water has ...

The crude has since spread to at least five waterways, including the Esmeraldas River that flows into the Pacific Ocean. State-owned Petroecuador, which manages the damaged pipeline, announced ...

The crude has since spread to at least five waterways, including the Esmeraldas River that flows into the Pacific Ocean. State-owned Petroecuador, which manages the damaged pipeline, announced ...

in the province of Esmeraldas. While the pipeline was shut Thursday, an unknown volume of oil reached a river system and has flowed 65 kilometers (40 miles) to the Pacific Ocean, near oil ...

Following this, crude oil flowed downstream for more than 80 kilometers (50 miles) through the Esmeraldas River and its tributaries towards the mouth at the Pacific Ocean. Witnesses described a ...

The crude has since spread to at least five waterways, including the Esmeraldas River that flows into the Pacific Ocean. State-owned Petroecuador, which manages the damaged pipeline, announced Tuesday ...