The Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados Oil Pipeline crosses the Amazon Jungle, the Andes, and numerous natural reserves, and ends on the Pacific Coast. It snakes its way through an extremely sensitive ecosystem inhabited by various indigenous groups while also traversing precariously past geologically unstable landscapes. The pipeline’s route passes 94 fault lines, six volcanoes, multiple waterways, and rainforests. Soil erosion, landslides, and negative effects on soil fertility are of great concern for the pipeline owner.
