QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador said on Thursday it will fine Spanish oil firm Repsol up to $100,000 for not reporting on time an oil spill near the country's largest rain forest park, home to rare tropical species and Indian tribes.
Repsol's spokesman Federico Cruz said the company informed authorities of the spill on time. Repsol reported the spill of 100 barrels of crude oil on Thursday, a day after it occurred, but the ministry later said the company delayed the report and that the spill was of 500 barrels of oil and 2000 barrels of waste water.
A ministry official said the final amount of the fine will be decided later after authorities further study the case.
Repeated oil spills caused by old and unprotected pipelines of the state oil firm Petroecuador have polluted other nature reserves inside the Amazon in recent years.
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