Canada's Frontera Stops Production After Attack on Peru Oil Pipeline
LIMA, Peru (Reuters) – Canadian oil company Frontera Energy said it stopped production at Peru's largest oilfield after a Peruvian-owned pipeline was severed last week by indigenous protesters.
The company said production at the oilfield, located 124 miles (200 km) from the pipeline rupture, would stop while authorities worked to resolve the dispute with the community.
State-owned oil company Petroperu estimated losses could amount to around $200,000 per day.
Last week, a group of residents in an Amazon region inhabited by the indigenous Mayuriaga community severed the pipeline and then prevented technicians from repairing it, according to Petroperu.
Frontera said that the company expects to restart operations “shortly” after the pipeline is repaired. Recent net production at the oilfield has averaged 8,950 barrels per day.
Petroperu estimates that the rupture may have caused 8,000 barrels of oil to spill, although the company said that oil has not contaminated water sources in the area. The company has shut off crude oil from flowing through the pipeline.
Frontera Energy temporarily operates Lot 192, a production site which is located in the Amazon region of Loreto and has around 100 million barrels in reserves. The company's contract expires in March 2019.
The 683-mile (1,100-km) pipeline that transports crude from the oil fields of the Peruvian jungle to the Petroperu refinery on the Pacific Coast has suffered dozens of attacks since it began operating four decades ago.
Since 2016, nearly 20,000 barrels of oil have been spilled from the pipeline in at least 15 attacks, and another 5,600 barrels have leaked due to corrosion of mechanical failures, according to official estimates.
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