EP Petroecuador declares emergency at Esmeraldas refinery

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Apr.2025) — EP Petroecuador declared an emergency at the state refinery Esmeraldas on 29 Apr. 2025. This, after an earthquake of 6 degrees on the Richter scale was recorded on 25 Apr. 2025.

Initially, EP Petroecuador suspended the refining operations of the process units as a preventive measure and in compliance with industrial safety protocols.