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Petroperu head sacked over spills

The Peruvian government dismissed the head of Petroperu, German Velasquez, and fined the state-owned energy company about $3.5 million after the third oil spill in the Amazon this year from its four-decades-old pipeline.

Handed pink slip: the government has dismissed the head of state-run Petroperu
Handed pink slip: the government has dismissed the head of state-run Petroperu
  • Reuters
Published 1 July 2016, 03:16Updated 1 July 2016, 03:16
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