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Oil and Gas Production Disrupted in Ecuador
Suspect translation from Spanish by me.The president of Ecuador, Afredo Palacio, declared a state of emergency in two oil-rich provinces paralyzed for four days by a general strike. The popular protests in the Amazonian provinces of Orellana and Sucumbios have provoked the collapse of petroleum production, as much from the state-owned Petroecuador as from private firms. According to the news agency Reuters, a spokesman of Petroecuador confirmed the production of the company fell to 29,400 barrels daily from 201,000 barrels produced before the strike. Posted by: 11A5S 2005-08-19 |
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