About 600 natives of Peru’s Amazon region took control of a nonproducing oil field operated by Canada’s Pacific Exploration & Production Corp. and demanded payment for use of the land, a representative of the protesters said on April 25.
The field, oil lot 192 near the Ecuadorean border, has been idle since last year due to pipeline ruptures. Pacific Exploration & Production said a group of 30 indigenous people began the protest on April 22.
Wilmer Chavez, president of the Oriap indigenous organization, told Reuters by telephone that the number of protesters had grown since then to 600.
“We have to make them respect our territory,” he said.
In an email to Reuters, Pacific Exploration & Production said the field is near 19 indigenous communities, 18 of which have signed land use deals with the company.
“No payment is due at this time,” the email said.
Chavez said two communities, Los Jardines and Alianza de Capahuari, have no agreements
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