Cases / Pipeline · Colombia · date not stated
Caño Limón-Coveñas pipeline suffered 1,500 attacks in 30 years
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
Attacks on Colombia's Caño Limón-Coveñas oil pipeline over 30 years released about 3.5 million barrels of oil, according to Portafolio. The sources reviewed do not describe the land or waters affected.
What?
About 1,500 attacks on the pipeline in 30 years, with approximately 3.5 million barrels of oil spilled Portafolio
Where?
Caño Limón-Coveñas pipeline, Colombia Portafolio
When?
Figures cover 30 years; the Portafolio article is dated 2018 Portafolio
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Attacks on the pipeline released oil; the sources do not describe the methods used Portafolio
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who
What happened
The record, in order.
Portafolio reported in 2018 that the Caño Limón-Coveñas pipeline in Colombia had been attacked about 1,500 times in 30 years.
The same report put the oil spilled at approximately 3.5 million barrels.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say who carried out the attacks or who paid for the clean-up.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not describe the land or waterways affected by the spills.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not give a year-by-year breakdown of the attacks.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations— Communities and civil society— Researchers
Press and investigations
- En 2018 casi se duplica número de atentados a los oleoductosPortafolio · 2018