The Government of Ecuador has declared a situation of force majeure for the country's oil sector due to the effects of erosion in the Coca River, one of the tributaries of the Amazon basin.

Canadian energy company Gran Tierra Energy has announced an oil discovery in Ecuador, the company's seventh successful find in the Arawana/Zabaleta field area. The Zabaleta-K1 well, the fourth ...

Oil exploitation has been one of the pillars of Ecuador's economy since the 1970s ... Yasuni National Park houses species of ...