PETROPERU launches new clearing campaign in the North Peruvian Pipeline

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of PETROPERU, Carlos Paredes Lanatta, announced today the start of the Clearing Plan and Early Warning System throughout the North Peruvian Pipeline (ONP). The announcement was made at a press conference, in which the Corporate Manager Social Management and Communications, Beatriz Alva Hart, also participated and was attended by officials from the Regional Government of Loreto, the Ombudsman's Office, the Office of the Prevention Prosecutor of the Crime and the state oil company.

Paredes Lanatta, declared that “the support of the communities is required for the protection of the pipeline and that they benefit” from such work; as an effective way to stop sabotage constantly suffered by the ONP. Likewise, he informed that work has been done on the promotion of a new social contract between all the actors involved in the oil industry and announced the increase of PETROPERU's social management budget by S/ 16 million.

In that line, Alva Hart, explained the state in which the process of awarding contracts for the service of clearing the right of way and early warning system in all the communities adjacent to the ONP is. In total, almost 7,000 people from 96 native communities will benefit, the senior official said.

To that end, he said, 15 companies that meet the minimum requirements for this service have been selected in a total of 20 sectors of the ONP; and it is expected to conclude the selection at the end of September to begin work in October of this year. While the processes in two sectors in Section I and three in the North Branch Pipeline have been declared void; and work is being done to award these sectors as soon as possible.

This program consists of the hiring of unskilled local labor on a temporary and rotating basis, in order to provide permanent and sustainable employment promoting the greater participation of residents. The program began in 2017 in Section I of the ONP and, as a result, to date 17 months have passed without any cuts being recorded in that section, which demonstrates the effectiveness of the program.

The presentations of both officials were disseminated online and can be consulted here:

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