Colombia preparing tropical paradise for tourism after 500...
Hacktivists leak 178,000 documents from Colombia’s military
Colombia’s sentenced for exterminating political party
Colombia’s capital Bogota awarded for failing crime policy
OAS urges Colombia to release people arrested over...
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal hears notorious former warlord
Colombia’s GDP and GNI
Panama arrests US citizen suspected in Colombia of...
Colombia seeking mastermind behind Paraguay prosecutor kill plot
Colombia’s government and ELN rebels overcome “crisis” in...
  • About
  • Support
  • Newsletter
  • Contact
Colombia News | Colombia Reports
  • News
    • General
    • Analysis
    • War and peace
    • Elections
    • Economy
    • Culture
    • Sports
    • Science and Tech
  • Travel
    • General
    • Bogota
    • Medellin
    • Cali
    • Cartagena
    • Antioquia
    • Caribbean
    • Pacific
    • Coffee region
    • Amazon
    • Southwest Colombia
    • Northeast Colombia
    • Central Colombia
  • Data
    • Economy
    • Crime and security
    • War and peace
    • Development
    • Cities
    • Regions
    • Provinces
  • Profiles
    • Organized crime
    • Politics
    • Armed conflict
    • Economy
    • Sports
  • Lite
  • Opinion
(Photo: La voz del Cinaruco)
News

ELN rebels return to attack, shut down Caño Limon-Coveñas pipeline

by Taran Volckhausen December 4, 2013

Colombia’s second largest group the ELN struck once again against the Caño Limon-Coveñas oil pipeline, causing a spill of crude oil in at least two rivers according to Tuesday reports by state petroleum company Ecopetrol.

The attacks, reported by a passersby on the nearby road,  were perpetrated in the municipality of Toledo in the state of North Santander near Venezuela.

According to authorities, the ELN were being charged with culpability in connection with the attack, which caused an oil spill threatening water supplies in the area.

The mayor of Toledo, Yorjan Triana, was quoted in la Opinion, “it is worrisome, one doesn’t know where to turn to. This year we have registered around six attacks like this.”

The Caño Limon-Coveñas pipeline is 484 miles long, and can carry up to 220 barrels of oil a day, but on average it carries 80,000 barrels to port in Coveñas.

Previous attacks this year have targeted the pipeline, a few of which forced American company Occidental to temporarily cease operations in the Caño Limo oil field.

MORE: ELN declares war on oil companies

Sources

  • Ataque con explosivos paraliza oleoducto de Caño Limón-Coveñas (El Colombiano)
  • Atacan con explosivos un oleoducto colombiano y provocan vertido (notimerica)
  • Nuevo atentado contra el oleoducto en Toledo (La Opinion)
Caño Limon-CoveñasELNoil attacks

Trending

  • Panama arrests US citizen suspected in Colombia of murdering fiancé

  • Colombia’s capital Bogota awarded for failing crime policy

  • Colombia’s war crimes tribunal hears notorious former warlord

For patrons

Downloads for patrons

Related articles

  • Colombia’s government and ELN rebels overcome “crisis” in peace talks

  • Colombia’s government and ELN rebels push ceasefire talks forward

  • Guerrilla violence in northeast Colombia persists despite ceasefire

  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Rss

@2008-2019 - Colombia Reports. All Rights Reserved.
Powered by Digitale Zaken and Parrolabs


Back To Top
Colombia News | Colombia Reports
  • News
    • General
    • Analysis
    • War and peace
    • Elections
    • Economy
    • Culture
    • Sports
    • Science and Tech
  • Travel
    • General
    • Bogota
    • Medellin
    • Cali
    • Cartagena
    • Antioquia
    • Caribbean
    • Pacific
    • Coffee region
    • Amazon
    • Southwest Colombia
    • Northeast Colombia
    • Central Colombia
  • Data
    • Economy
    • Crime and security
    • War and peace
    • Development
    • Cities
    • Regions
    • Provinces
  • Profiles
    • Organized crime
    • Politics
    • Armed conflict
    • Economy
    • Sports
  • Lite
  • Opinion