LatinTrade | Hernan Lara cut his teeth building an 830-kilometer oil pipeline through the war-torn terrain of his native Colombia.After that security nightmare, he expected any other job would seem like a dream – especially in Ecuador, with its reputation as a regional safe-haven.
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FTC Finally Clears Way for $35 Billion Chevron-Texaco Merger
Oil and Gas Journal Online | Houston - The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finally approved a consent order clearing the way for Chevron Corp. and Texaco Inc. to complete their merger into ChevronTexaco Corp. through a $35 billion stock-swap, company officials said Friday.
Oil Companies' Assault on Ecuadorian Activists & Journalists Condemned Internationally Consortium Officials Violently Remove Journalists and Nine Women Staging a Sit-In at the Company's Headquarters
Quito, Ecuador - Nine women environmentalists were violently assaulted when they attempted a peaceful protest at the offices of the Oleoducto de Crudos Presados (OCP) Consortium in Quito, Ecuador.
Nueva Loja Impedirá Construcción de Estación de Bombeo los Habitantes de la Ciudad de Nueva Loja (Lago Agrio) Acudirán a Instancias Legales para Impedir la Construcción de una Estación de Bombeo del Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados, Adjudicado a un Conso
EFE | Quito - El martes, los habitantes de Lago Agrio secundaron una huelga preventiva de 24 horas para exigir que se reubique la estación de bombeo, que se pretende construir cerca de zonas pobladas, según el alcalde de Nueva Loja, Máximo Abad.Los habitantes y el alcalde de Nueva Loja, Máximo Abad, decidieron plantear a
Violento Desalojo a Ecologistas y Periodistas de OCP
El Universo | Unas diez mujeres ecologistas, que ocuparon pacíficamente las reforzadas instalaciones de la empresa petrolera OCP Ecuador, y el periodista del Diario EL UNIVERSO, Gustavo Abad, quien cubría el suceso fueron desalojados violentamente por los guardias de seguridad.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Ecuador's Highest Court Upholds $1.1 Billion Dollar Oil Pipeline
Earth Times News Service | Ecuador's high court gave a green light to build an oil pipeline north of Quito. The decision was cheered by economic boosters and booed by environmental and indigenous groups. The pipeline, which will double the capacity of Ecuador's crude oil, the country's largest export, crosses the Mindo-Nambillo ecological reserve.
Ecuador: Court Rejects Attempts to Block OCP Pipeline
Greenwire | Just when supporters of a controversial pipeline that would double Ecuador's oil output – and royalties – were gaining confidence that construction on the project would soon begin, a new wave of resistance in the courts and on the ground is chastening expectations.The Ecuadoran government gave final app
Ecuadorean Groups Challenge Chevron-Texaco Merger
Oil Daily | Ecuadorean communities have taken to the US airwaves since late last week to oppose the merger of Chevron and Texaco.
Amazon Watch Launches Mega-Project Report: "New Pipelines Threaten Intact Amazon Rainforest in Brazil"
Amazon Watch has just released a new Mega-project report entitled: "New Pipelines Threaten Intact Amazon Rainforest in Brazil". The 12-page report examines plans to construct two new pipelines to expand oil and gas production from the Urucu and Jurua gas fields in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon.
Comunicado a la Opinión Pública Gibraltar: Triunfo Cultural los U´Wa Seguiremos Defendiendo a Nuestra Madre Tierra el Kera Chikara=Territorio Sagrado
Cubara, Colombia - Recientemente la empresa multinacional estadounidense de petróleo Occidental de Colombia, OXY, reconoció públicamente los resultados desalentadores frente a la expectativa de la bonanza petrolera de Gibraltar I, en territorio sagrado U´wa.
Colombia's U'wa Tribe and Supporters Celebrate Oxy's Failure to Find Oil End to Oil Drilling on the Tribe's Ancestral Land and Total De-Militarization Urged
The news long awaited by the Colombia's U'wa tribe and their thousands of supporters around the world has finally arrived: the Los Angeles-based Occidental Petroleum (OXY) announced Friday that it has failed to find oil at the Gibraltar 1 well site on the tribe's ancestral land in Northeastern Colombia.
Communique to National and International Community Gibraltar 1, Cultural Triumph the U'wa Will Continue to Defend Our Mother Earth El Kera Chikara = Sacred Territory
Cubara, Colombia - Recently, the U.S multinational company Occidental of Colombia (OXY) publicly recognized the negative results regarding the expected petroleum bonanza of Gibraltar 1.
Joint Letter from International Organizations Regarding the Ocp Heavy Crude Pipeline in Ecuador
To:Dr. Friedel Neuber , Chairman Westdeutsche LandesBankP.O. Box 40199 Dusseldorf Herzogstrasse 15 40217 Dusseldorf, Germany Fax: 0049-211/826-6121 or 2588Mr.
JOINT LETTER FROM INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS REGARDING THE OCP HEAVY CRUDE PIPELINE IN ECUADOR
TO: Dr. Friedel Neuber , Chairman Westdeutsche LandesBankP.O. Box 40199 Dusseldorf Herzogstrasse 15 40217 Dusseldorf, Germany Fax: 0049-211/826-6121 or 2588 Mr.
Occidental Finds No Oil at Colombian Siriri Well
Reuters | Bogota, Colombia - Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY - news) has stopped drilling at its Siriri field in Colombia and is considering the future of the project after finding gas and condensates but no oil, a company official said on Friday.
Amazon Watch Mega-Project Alert Fueling A Second Oil Boom in the Amazon
The Ecuadorian Government ’s plan to build the new oleoducto de Crudos Pesados (OCP)has been repeatedly delayed for 10 years – -mostly due to the country ’s eco-nomic and political instability and the project ’s perceived risks.However,on June 7, 2001,amidst widespread controversy and protest,the Nobo
Amazon Watch Alerta de Mega-Proyectos El nuevo oleoducto de crudos pesados en Ecuador
Promoviendo un segundo auge petrolero en la AmazoniaEl plan del gobierno ecuatoriano para construir el nuevo Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados (OCP)ha sido postergado repetidas veces durante los últimos diez años principal-mente por la inestabilidad económica y política del país y los riesgos provenientes del proy
The New Heavy Crude Pipeline in Ecuador: Fueling a Second Oil Boom in the Amazon
See PDF version of Report in English or En Español Amazon Watch has just released its new Mega-project report entitled: “The New Heavy Crude Pipeline in Ecuador: Fueling
Stinging From Nonstop Pipeline Attacks, Oxy Decides to Freeze Investment in Colombia
Oil Daily | US-based Occidental Petroleum has decided to "freeze" its investments in Colombia until a definitive solution is reached regarding leftist guerrilla attacks on the Cano-Limon Covenas pipeline.Guimer Dominquez, president of Occidental de Colombia, said the "revision of operations" is being undertaken on the advice of Ox
News Analysis – Environmental and Human Rights Groups -- Call on U.S. to Support Colombian Inquiry Oxy’s Cozy Relationship with Colombian Military Turns Fatal Oil Company Threatening U’wa People Implicated in Infamous Santo Domingo Massacre
Los Angeles - New evidence surfaced late last week in a Colombia inquiry exposing active collaboration between security forces protecting oil operations of the Los Angeles-based Occidental Petroleum (OXY) and the notorious Colombian military in one of the country’ deadliest attacks on civilians¾a relationship environmental
The Americas: Ecuador Pays a High Environmental Price for Extracting Its Oil: New Pipeline Plans are Not Being Helped by a Big Spillage that Has Polluted Rivers and Scarred the Landscape
Financial Times | Patches of oil were still burning across the Andean hillside on Tuesday, the day after mudslides ruptured Ecuador's crude pipeline, spilling its black cargo near Papallacta and into rivers feeding the Amazon basin.
Mudslide Ruptures, Halts Throughput on Sote Pipeline
Oil Daily | The mudslide that ruptured Ecuador's main crude oil pipeline, the Sistema Oleoducto Trans Ecuatoriano (Sote), prompted Ecuador to declare force majeure Tuesday, and will cause transportation delays for the consortium of seven oil companies, two of them from the US, that share transportation and production rights with state-ow
Consorcio Espera Comenzar los Trabajos en Agosto Próximo en el 2003 Estará Listo el OCP la Constructora, que Invertirá US$ 1.100 Millones, Espera Otros Documentos, que Estarían Listos Dentro de 10 Días
El Universo | QUITO — El consorcio OCP Limited espera iniciar los trabajos de construcción del Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados (OCP) en agosto próximo, una vez que obtenga tres permisos adicionales a la licencia ambiental que recibió ayer del Ministerio de Ambiente en una ceremonia efectuada en el Palacio de Gobierno, con la presencia del
Energía * Hoya, la Ministra del Ambiente lo Hará Oficial en la Presidencia OCP Ecuador S.A. Recibirá Hoy la Licencia Ambiental
El Comercio | El segundo punto crítico para la construcción del nuevo oleoducto está superado. Ayer, la ministra del Ambiente, Lourdes Luque, informó que la aprobación al estudio de impacto ambiental del OCP está listo.
Quito — Ecologistas Insisten en que la Ruta Norte del OCP Afectará a las Especies que Habitan en el Bosque Protector de Mindo la OCP Limited Recibirá Hoy la Licencia Ambiental el Tribunal de lo Contencioso Negó un Recurso de Amparo al Contrato de la
El Comercio | Quito — Hoy en el Palacio de Gobierno, la ministra de Medio Ambiente, Lourdes Luque, entregará a la empresa OCP Limited la licencia ambiental para que inicie la construcción del nuevo Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados (OCP), ratificando a la ruta norte como la de menor impacto ambiental.
Environmentalists Affirm Position in Defense of LIFE as Construction for OCP pipeline is Given Green Light
Quito - On June 6, 2001, the Second Court of the Constitutional Tribunal in Quito ruled against the Constitutional Injunction that Acción Ecológica and CONAIE had filed in order to avoid the environmental, social and human damages that construction of the OCP pipeline will bring.
PETRÓLEO: OCP Insiste en la Ruta Norte
El Comercio | El consorcio "OCP Limited", liderado por Repsol-YPF, entregó hoy su respuesta a las observaciones ambientales efectuadas por el Gobierno ecuatoriano sobre la ruta para la construcción del oleoducto de crudos pesados.
Energía * Las Respuestas a las Observaciones sobre el Plan Ambiental Se Presentarán en las Próximas Horas El Visto Bueno para el OCP en Seis Días
El Comercio | El cronograma para construir el nuevo oleoducto avanza según lo programado. La compañía OCP Ecuador anunció que presentaría el plan ambiental definitivo ayer, pero hasta el cierre de esta edición no lo hacía.
