ESMERALDAS/SANTO DOMINGO, Ecuador (Reuters) - Organized crime groups in Ecuador are increasingly stealing fuel from state-run oil company Petroecuador to support drug trafficking operations ...

Two people were reported to have died in Ecuador's southwestern Manta region ... listening in at a meeting to discuss the disastrous oil spill. Suddenly, a megaphone announcement called out ...

Russian investigators have determined that an oil spill from two tankers in the Black Sea last month was smaller than ...

Ecuador and its state-run oil firm Petroecuador are losing millions ... the more frequent fuel theft is increasing the risk of spills from the pipelines. Police and authorities in Ecuador ...

Fuel theft caused $215 million in losses for Petroecuador Violence against oil sector workers includes extortion and physical attacks Increased military patrols and drones deployed to combat fuel ...

and the valves also risk fuel spills. Violent attacks on oil fields and their workers are growing, Petroecuador and its union say. In recent years, Ecuador has been confronted with more drug ...

ESMERALDAS/SANTO DOMINGO, Ecuador (Reuters) - Organized crime groups in Ecuador are increasingly stealing fuel from state-run oil company Petroecuador to ... and the valves also risk fuel spills.