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[A state-owned oil pipeline system in Ecuador suspended operations due to a fire at a pumping station] On October 4, Ecuador’s state-owned oil company reported on October 3, local time, that the country’s main state-owned oil pipeline system, the Trans-Ecuadorian Oil Pipeline System (SOTE), had suspended operations on that day due to a fire at a pumping station in Napo Province. Ecuador's state oil company said it had asked the National Petroleum Crime Investigation Unit and the National Police Intervention and Rescue Team to investigate. It is reported that the Trans-Ecuador oil pipeline system is about 500 kilometers long and is a key oil pipeline for the extraction and export of crude oil in the Amazon region. (CCTV News)
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