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Gasoline and ethanol leak in Petrobras oil pipeline, which started late afternoon on Friday (15), reached Sanepar's water station
Paraná: a break in the Petrobras oil pipeline network in São José dos Pinhais, in the Curitiba Metropolitan Region, was recorded after an attempted theft last Friday (15). Petrobras begins testing in the Forno area, in the Campos Basin pre-salt layer
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The attempted theft caused a lot of leakage of gasoline and ethanol, reaching the ground and, later, the Rio Despique, causing a lot of environmental damage in the region, in addition to causing the deaths of animals.
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As a result, half of the residents of Fazenda Rio Grande, in Paraná, were left without water, informed Sanepar.
Transpetro – outsourced by Petrobras – informed yesterday (16) that it is continuing with the contingency work on a pipeline that was the target of criminal theft.
"The violation of the pipeline by the bandits caused the leakage of ethanol and gasoline, which was promptly contained by the company, with no victims or injuries," Petrobras said in a statement.
According to the statement from Petrobras, there is no impairment of fuel supply on the market due to the crime. The company is carrying out containment of the fuel that leaked from the pipeline and repairing the facilities. The pipeline operations are still paralyzed.
Petrobras also informs that Transpetro is constantly monitoring the quality of the soil and water in the region's reservoirs and wells.
The collection and cleaning activities in Paraná are being carried out uninterruptedly by the teams mobilized to respond to the occurrence, using containment barriers, in addition to 10 vacuum trucks and six tank trucks, to collect the leaked products.
“All works are being carried out in partnership with the environmental agency, Civil Defense and Fire Department”, completes the state.
Petrobras said that due to the new coronavirus pandemic, the company is taking extra care to preserve the health of its workers who are in the field for repair actions.
Transpetro collaborates with the investigations of security agencies to curb these criminal actions and has deepened the articulation with several external agencies to, in an integrated manner, assist in combating such activities, in addition to constantly acting in the development of monitoring technologies.
Petrobras complaint channel
Petrobras reinforces the importance of community support and engagement through the reporting channel, 168.
Anonymity is guaranteed, the call is free and the phone is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
All residents can get in touch if they identify any suspicious movement in the range of pipelines and nearby land, such as people or heavy vehicles working close to the areas of pipes or a strong smell of fuel.
Transpetro also provides whatsapp (21) 999920-168, through which the resident can contribute by sending images and videos.
