(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 26.Apr.2019) — Colombia’s state oil company Ecopetrol activated a contingency plan along the Trasandino Pipeline (OTA) after an attack on the installation occurred on 26 April 2019 in the village of Casas Frías de Pupiales (Nariño).
The most recent attack caused a pipeline rupture and resultant oil spill, which affected the La Piñuela creek, the company announced in an official post on Twitter.
No details of the size or magnitude of the oil spilled were revealed by Ecopetrol.
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