Perenco denies it abandoned fields

Germanico Pinto: Perenco denies Pinto claim that it abandoned oilfields.

Anglo-French oil company Perenco denied what it said were unfounded allegations by Ecuador that it had abandoned its oil blocks in the country.



However, it offered to hold a technical meeting with Ecuador to ensure an orderly transition after what it says is a government takeover of its fields.

The statements, made in a letter to Ecuador’s government, come after Ecuador last week sent officials to run the Perenco blocks, according to a Dow Jones Newswires report.

The company had threatened to suspend output following the non-respect of an arbitration order.

In the letter to Ecuadorean Energy Minister Germanico Pinto and to Luis Jaramillo, president of state-owned Petroecuador, Perenco - along with its partner Burlington…

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