What happened

Petroperú reported that the northern branch of the Norperuano pipeline was deliberately cut at kilometre 193, about 500 metres from the Indigenous community of Mayuriaga. The company said community representatives had warned of the action amid local political and resource-rights grievances and initially prevented repair crews from entering. Approximately 8,000 barrels of crude escaped into the surrounding area and the Mayuriaga River. The line remained disrupted for about 96 days, affecting production from several Amazon oil blocks, before an agreement allowed repair and containment work to begin in late February 2019. This record attributes the physical cut according to Petroperú and Perupetro while preserving that the surrounding dispute concerned longstanding community rights, environmental harm and unmet state commitments.

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