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 oil. On Mar. 13 ...

Ecuador's state oil company, Petroecuador, declared force majeure on its Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE) following a landslide that ruptured the pipeline and caused an oil spill, the company ...

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, March 18 (Reuters) - Ecuador's state oil company Petroecuador declared on Tuesday force majeure on its SOTE pipeline due to what it described as a landslide that provoked an ...