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Ecuador is the fifth largest oil producer in the Latin American region. Petroecuador owns three petroleum refineries in Ecuador: Esmeraldas Refinery, 110,000 barrels per day (17,000 m 3 /d) (began 1978) La Libertad Refinery, 45,000 barrels per day (7,200 m 3 /d) Shushufindi Refinery, 20,000 barrels per day (3,200 m 3 /d)
The trans-Andean pipeline was completed in August 1972, connecting the Oriente reserves to refining facilities in Esmeraldas, [5] and the oil industry is the largest employer. [6] In 1987, the refinery was expanded for the first time to 90,000 barrels per day (14,000 m 3 /d). The second expansion, to 110,000 barrels (17,000 m 3), occurred in 1995.
The single remaining refinery in Hawaii now also includes refining assets previously owned and operated as "Hawaii Refinery" by Chevron Corporation with up to 54,000 bbl/d (8,600 m 3 /d) in additional capacity. Chevron sold their Hawaii Refinery to newly formed Island Energy Services LLC in 2016, and IES sold the refining assets to Par Hawaii ...
Esmeraldas is one of the three provinces of Ecuador that borders Colombia, and it is the most northern province in the country. The province borders Imbabura and Carchi to the east, the Pacific Ocean to the west, Manabí , Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas and Pichincha to the south, and Colombia to the north.
Colonel Carlos Concha Torres Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Coronel Carlos Concha Torres) (IATA: ESM, ICAO: SETN) is an airport serving the Pacific coastal city of Esmeraldas, capital of the Esmeraldas Province of Ecuador. It is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) east of the city, across the Esmeraldas River in the parish of Tachina.
Regionalization, or zoning, is the union of two or more adjoining provinces in order to decentralize the administrative functions of the capital, Quito. In Ecuador, there are seven regions, or zones, each shaped by the following provinces: Region 1 (42,126 km 2, or 16,265 mi 2): Esmeraldas, Carchi, Imbabura, and Sucumbíos.
Club Social, Cultural y Deportivo Esmeraldas Petrolero is a sports club based in Esmeraldas, Ecuador. It is best known for its professional football team, which has since folded after the 2017/2018 season. The club was founded on December 29, 1977, by the workers of the nearby oil refineries in the province. [1]
Energy policy in Ecuador is driven by its need for energy security as a developing country as well as its conservation efforts. [1] Despite past and ongoing attempts to take charge in energy sustainability (as with the now defunct Yasuni-ITT initiative), oil production and exportation still supports its small $5,853 GDP/capita economy at an average of 549,000 barrels/day in 2016. [2]