FINAL REPORT FLACSO-PETROECUADOR

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LATIN AMERICAN SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES [FLACSO]
SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL OBSERVATORY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICE
FINAL REPORT
FLACSO-PETROECUADOR PROJECT
PHASE TWO
Study on Socio-Environmental Conflicts in the
Sacha and Shushufindi Fields (1994-2002)
Coordinated and written by:
Dr. Guillaume Fontaine
Research Assistants:
Karen Andrade, Maria Cristina Jarrin and Santiago Vallejo
Maps:
Diego Sanchez
Quito, November 2003
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PLAINTIFF’S
EXHIBIT
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DINAPA,
In fact, in a letter addressed to Hugo Chamba, Director of DINAP
A, Mrs. Guallpa decried not
Petroproduccion to her official letter dated May 6. She also expressed
having received a response from Petroproducci6n
her fear that the reconstruction of the pits for the well under restoration could also affect the stream. Then
she demanded repairs and the building of a water system for 12 families, and concluded by announcing
direct action measures: "We
(OWe got this through a mini-strike we did against them for maybe half a day. We
put up some sticks there and stood there so they would get motivated and actually come up with a solution
for us [ ..}) so then they got motivated and said that [they'd] only come right back to put in a laundromat.
With all those words, anyone would be convinced, and they gave us a three-month term, sir, to give us the
water in the water tank. There were people who were witnesses to all these things. So you can just
.
. we had
had to SIgn.
. Right?
R'Igh t r " 87
87
imagine,
sign.
Imagme,
'l"
The conflict was resolved on May 6, 2003, at least on paper, with the signing of a settlement
agreement between Petroproducci6n
Petroproduccion and the community. The settlement contemplated the construction of
a water well with a pump, the delivery of a plastic elevated 1,500 liter tank and a community laundromat
within a term of no more than 3 months. (See Appendix 06).
Finally, the perception can be frankly one of distrust due to repeated claims and unresolved
(Othey're unreliable, because what Petro says is one thing and what it
confrontations with the company: "they're
does is the complete opposite. Since Texaco left here, Petro has inflicted more damage and many more
disasters than Texaco itself. But they'd never, ever say that. So there's one spill after another; there's
broken pipes, there's contamination of wetlands, of rivers, of streams in great magnitude. But since it's a
thing. " 88
state-owned company, since it's the same people involved in the laws and all, no one says a thing."
This phenomenon is particularly manifest in the zones with the greatest socio-environmental
impacts, which coincide with the zones where oil infrastructures are at once more concentrated and more
obsolete, as in the case cif
of Shushufindi: "The
(OThe spills happen time and again, at any moment; in other
words, there's no warning. La Negrita, on that property, in recent times, we're talking about the past 10
if I'm not mistaken, there have been 22 oil spills on her property [ ..}) Another factor is the
to 12 years, if
stations [ ..} We've done, if I'm not mistaken, about three analyses and it turns out that all the water wells
in the city have hydrocarbons [ ..} We started looking at all the rivers near the city to see which was in
the best shape. And the sad thing is, all the city's rivers, that is, all the ones nearby, have hydrocarbons.
Every one.I"
89
Guillermina Soto headed up a strike at the entrance way to the Cordillera (San Carlos), 06/2003.
Pablo Fajardo, President of the Shushufindi Human Rights Commission and legal advisor to the Amazon Defense
Coalition, 06/2003.
89 Ibid
Ibid.
87
88
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OBSERVATORIO SOCIO-AMBIENTAL
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GEREN
CIA DE PROTECCION AMBIENTAL
GERENCIA
INFORME FINAL
ECUADOR
PROYECTO FLACSO - PETRO
PETROECUADOR
SEGUNDA FASE
sobre los conflictos socio ambientales en los campos
Estudio sobrelos
Sacha y Shushufindi (1994-2002)
Coordinacion y redaccion:
Dr. Guillaume Fontaine
Asistentes de investigacion:
Karen Andrade, Maria Cristina Jarrin y Santiago Vallejo
Cartografia:
Diego Sanchez
Quito, noviembre de 2003
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En efecto, en una carta dirigida a Hugo Chamba, director de la DINAPA, la Sra
Guallpa lamenta no haber recibido respuesta de Petroproducci6n
Petroproduccion a su oficio del 6 de mayo.
Tambien expresa el miedo de que la reconstrucci6n
reconstruccion de las piscinas del pozo en
reparaci6n y la construccion
construcci6n de
rehabilitaci6n
rehabilitacion tambien afecten al estero. Luego exige reparacion
sistema de agua para 12 familias, concluyendo con el anuncio de medidas de hecho:
"Logramos esto por medio de un paro chiquito que les hicimos un medio dfa, tal vez. Les
ahf nos paramos para que agarren y nos den una solucion [..J
un os palos y ahi
pusimos unos
[. .. J
entonces agarraron y dijeron que solamente [ibanJ a venir ya inmediatamente a ponerse
lavanderra. Con todas esas pa/abras,
hacer lavanderia.
palabras, cualquiera se va a convencer y nos dieron plazo
damos el agua en el tanque de agua. Hubo personas testigas
hasta tres meses senor para darnos
habra que firmar, (,no
de todas estas cosas. Entonces imagfnese usted, habia
lno es cierio?,,87
cierio?,,s7
EI conflicto se solucion6 el 6 de mayo 2003, por 10 menos tormalmente,
formal mente, con la firma
de un acta transaccional entre Petroproducci6n y la comunidad, que contemplaba la
construcci6n de un pozo de agua con bomba, la entregada de un tanque de plastico elevado
construccion
de 1.500 litros y de una lavanderra comunitaria, en un plazo no mayor a 3 meses. (Ct.
(Cf. Anexo
06).
Finalmente, la percepci6n
percepcion puede ser francamente de desconfianza debido a la
repetici6n de reclamos y enfrentamientos irresueltos con la empresa: "no
{{no es confiable
repeticion
salio
porque 10 que dice Petro es una cosa y 10 que hace es todo 10 contrario. Desde que sali6
aquf, Petro ha producido mas danos y mucho mas desastres que la
inclusive Texaco de aqui,
misma Texaco. Pero esto no es 10 que estan diciendo, jamas. Entonces en cada rato
rata hay
derrames, hay ruptura de tubas,
tubos, hay contaminacion de pantanos, de rfos, de esteros en gran
can las
magnitud. Pero como es empresa estatal, como estan la misma gente vinculadas con
do, no hay quien diga nada."
nada.]] 88
88
leyes y to
todo,
Este fen6meno
fenomeno es particularmente patente en las zonas de mayores impactos socioambientales, que coinciden con las zonas donde las infraestructuras petroleras son a la vez
mas concentradas y obsoletas, como en el caso de Shushufindi: "Los derrames son a
cualquier rata,
rato, cualquier momento
momenta 0 sea no hay aviso. La Negrita, en la finca de ella, en
estos altimos,
ultimos, hablemos de unos
un os 10-12 anos, han existido, si no me equivoco, 22 derrames
de petroleo en la finca de ella [. ....]J Otro factor es las estaciones [' .. J Hemos hecho, si no me
equivoco, unos tres analisis y resulta que todos los pozos de agua de la ciudad tienen
hidrocarburos [.[' ....]J Empezamos a buscar todos los rios
r[os que estan cercanos a la ciudad para
ver cual estaba en mejores condiciones. Y
Y10 lamentable es que todos los rios
0
rfos de la ciudad a
jTodos!,,sg
sea que estan cercanos, tienen hidrocarburos. jTodos[,X39
87
88
89
Guillermina Soto, encabeza un para en el sector Entrada a La Cordillera (San Carlos), 06/2003.
Pablo Fajardo, presidente de Comisi6n
Comision por Derechos Humanos de Shushufindi y asesor jurfdico del
Frente de Defensa de la Amazonia, 06/2003.
Ibid.
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