Guerrilla Attack Shuts Down Key Colombian Oil Pipeline

Oleoducto Caño Limón-Coveñas. Photo: Cenit Cenit, a subsidiary of the Ecopetrol Group, reports that it activated the Emergency and Contingency Plan (PEC) of the Oil Pipeline Caño Limón – Coveñas due to loss of containment in the vicinity of Agua Santa, rural area of the municipality of Saravena, department of Arauca. According to the company, the contingency plan was activated due to a terrorist attack perpetrated by unknown persons against its …

Guerrilla Attack Shuts Down Key Colombian Oil Pipeline

Guerrilla Attack Shuts Down Key Colombian Oil Pipeline Daniel Onyango Tue, 04/22/2025 - 11:47 A major crude oil pipeline in northeastern Colombia has been shut down following an explosion that the state oil company Ecopetrol attributed to a guerrilla attack. Cenit, an Ecopetrol subsidiary, announced Thursday that the Bicentenario pipeline was struck by an explosive device in a rural area of the Fortul municipality, within the Arauca department.…