Oleoducto Nor Peruano Oil Pipeline (Peru)

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Oleoducto Nor Peruano Oil Pipeline (Peru) (Northern Peruvian Pipeline) is an oil pipeline in Latin America.

Location

The pipeline runs originates in Andoas, Loreto, and terminates at the Bayóvar terminal on the Pacific Coast.

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Project Details

• Operator: Petroperu
• Current capacity: 200,000 barrels per day
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 1978

Background

The pipeline transported 150,000 barrels per day at its peak, but had only been transporting 15,000 barrels per day before a 2016 spill led to the pipeline being shut down for more than a year.

Spills

The pipeline has a substantial history of spills, with at least 23 spills and leaks occurring since 2011. In August 2016, Peru's government ordered the closure of the pipeline following the pipeline's third spill in a period of five months. It reopened in September 2017. The three 2016 spills were:

• On 25 January 2016, a spill occurred in the Bagua province of the Amazonas eight miles from a creek that feeds the Morona River, a significant tributary of the Amazon River.
• On 3 February 2016, a second spill occurred in the Datem del Marañon province in the neighboring Loreto state. Along with the January spill, approximately 3,000 barrels were estimated to have been released.
• On 24 June 2016, a third spill of 600 barrels occurred in the Maynas Province of Loreto state. Petro peru was fined $3.5 million and Petroperu president German Velasquez was fired.

The spills have been contentious for a number of reasons, including their impacts on local villages that rely on the river for drinking water and other essential uses. Petroperu was also criticized following the January and February 2016 spills following the release of photographs depicting children working to clean up the spills, with Petroperu paying $2 per bucket of oil collected.