The oil soon washed downstream, contaminating the Amazon’s tributary Napo River and even reaching Cabo Pantoja’s town in Peru. On April 7, 2020, three pipelines (SOTE, OCP, and Poliducto Shushufindi-Quito) in the upper part of the Coca river ruptured after a landslide resulting in a spill of crude oil and fuel in the San Rafael sector, on the border between the Napo and Sucumbíos provinces. Indigenous peoples of the Ecuadorian Amazon had a devastating spring night due to the accident that made the headlines. Representatives of the indigenous communities and an expert from an environmental NGO joined the discussion. EOS Data Analytics, pursuing its mission to preserve the planet, used satellite imagery analytics to support the research into the oil spill consequences.
Almost two years later, rivers turned black again. In 2020, indigenous communities faced the largest oil spill in 15 years. Now, the area is in danger of being ruined forever due to the dire consequences of oil extraction. EOSDA introduces satellite imagery analytics for remote monitoring of oil extraction sites and transportation routes and assessing the aftermaths of environmental disasters.įor centuries, indigenous people have been living in peace with nature on a territory of more than 20 million acres of Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest - a place on Earth with unparalleled biodiversity.
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