Although the Supervisory Agency of the Investment in Energy and Mining of Peru has not yet taken action
against PETROPERÚ for the recent spills, on February 18 it fined the company $ 3.6 million «for not having adjusted the
facilities to maintain the integrity of the
pipeline.»
The whole notion behind it that you would build this $ 7 billion
pipeline and 20 - something billion dollar
facility at the end of the
pipeline before shipping it off to China, it goes
against the whole rationale for the
pipeline in the first place — which is to rip and ship raw bitumen to China.»