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Cases / Oil spill · Peru · 2022–2025

Repsol La Pampilla spill: regulator fines and a criminal probe follow

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.
What the record lacks: 4 none on record · 1 not measured · 1 unclear See the gaps

Oil from Repsol's La Pampilla refinery reached the coast of Ventanilla, Peru, in 2022, and the regulator measured more than 10,000 barrels. The stake for nature is the coastline, protected areas and fishing grounds; the sources reviewed record fines and proceedings but no final verdict.

What?
Oil spilled from Repsol's La Pampilla refinery in Ventanilla, Peru; regulators fined the company and a criminal investigation followed. RPP
Where?
Ventanilla, north of Lima, Peru RPP
When?
Spill in 2022; proceedings reported through 2025 RPP
Who?
Gained
  • Repsol — Refinery kept operating after the spill RPP
Lost
None on record
Harmed
  • Fishers and coastal communities — Fishing grounds were oiled; fishers protested that marine damage should be measured first
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Oil was discharged during tanker offloading to the refinery, according to the case summary
6 of 6 questions answered from the record

What happened

The record, in order.

Repsol's first report to Peru's regulator put the spill at 0.16 barrels, which the ministry described as 'seven gallons' (RPP).

The environmental regulator OEFA measured more than 10,000 barrels of oil, reported 11,061 hectares affected, and imposed administrative fines of 42.96 million soles (RPP).

The consumer protection agency Indecopi brought a civil suit valued at 4.5 billion dollars, and four executives were barred from leaving Peru during a criminal investigation (RPP).

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    1. Outcome not on record
      Indecopi civil suit over the La Pampilla spill
      · Civil · Indecopi → Repsol

      The consumer protection agency Indecopi brought a civil suit valued at 4.5 billion dollars. The sources reviewed record no ruling. RPP

    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.

    Court

    • Unclear Indecopi civil suit over the La Pampilla spill: outcome not on record.

    Record

    • None on record No criminal verdict is recorded in the sources reviewed.
    • None on record Not linked to a URL: Repsol called the consumer suit baseless.
    • None on record Not linked to a URL: fishers protested and asked that marine damage be measured first.
    • None on record Not stated: the fishing income lost, the extent of marine damage, or the total cost of the clean-up.

    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

    Connected cases

    Related matters, and cases linked to this one through the same organisations, with the role each played in both.
    Terms used on this page

    Science and environment

    Hectare (ha)
    A unit of area equal to 10,000 square metres, about 2.5 acres. 100 hectares make one square kilometre.

    Bonds and banking

    Liquidation, insolvency, bankruptcy
    Legal processes that apply when a company cannot pay its debts; its assets are sold and claims against it may go unpaid.
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