Amazonia: Ecuador Relies on Hydraulic Fracturing, Despite the Rejection of Indigenous Peoples
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Petroecuador reported last April 29 that it began to explode petr leo in the Amazon with the technique of 'fracking' or hydraulic fracture.
On 29 April, the Ecuadorian government welcomed the first oil extraction operations in the Amazonian forest using hydraulic fracturing, which had been criticized for its harmful effects on the environment.
Recently, the Government of Ecuador, through the Ministry of Environment and Energy, announced that the country applied for the first time the technique of fracking, a technical process of hydraulic fracture in an area of the subsoil, to increase the oil production of the country. This process would have been carried out in Block 57 – Shushufindi Libertador, located in the Amazonian province of Sucumbíos, by the state oil company Petroecuador to…
What you should know Petroecuador and Chinese firm apply technique in Block 57 according to official announcementSpecialists claim that it is not real fracking but traditional methods of productionDebate arises by increase of oil production in Sucumbíos and national fall of crude oil The National Government, through the Ministry of Environment and Energy, recently reported that the state company Petroecuador, in conjunction with the Chinese firm…
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