A crude oil pipeline crack caused a thick oil slick in the Viche River in northwestern Ecuador. Employees of the state oil company Petroecuador were trying Saturday to contain the oil slick in the ...

including the Esmeraldas River, and causing water shortages and health issues. In this scenario, native groups gathered under the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie ...

A cleanup operation was underway Tuesday in Southern Ecuador after heavy rains caused the Malacatos and Zamora rivers to burst their banks.

A massive oil spill in Ecuador, in the northwestern Esmeraldas province, has covered multiple rivers and a key wildlife refuge in thick, black sludge, impacting more than half a million residents.

An oil spill in northwestern Ecuador has turned a river black, prompting authorities to declare an environmental emergency and order residents to ration drinking water. The spill, believed to have ...

The Associated Press Oil spill affects river in northwestern Ecuador Posted: March 15, 2025 | Last updated: March 19, 2025 A crude oil pipeline crack caused a thick oil slick in the Viche River in ...

His office halted the diversion of river water to an aqueduct supplying ... The company has not estimated the volume of oil spilled. Ecuador last year produced 475,000 barrels of crude a day ...