Ecuador’s state-owned PetroEcuador is burying several sections of a 360,000 barrel/day crude pipeline to protect it from a potential eruption of the Cotopaxi volcano.
Small explosions and a steady stream of ash plumes began in August at the snow-capped 5,897m (19,347ft) volcano, located 50km (31mi) south of Quito.
An eruption threatens to trigger massive snow-melt floods and mudslides that could reach the coastal region in a worst-case scenario.
During the last massive eruption of Cotopaxi in 1877, mudflows traveled some 225km (135 miles) and crossed several rivers.
https://www.argusmedia.com/News/Article?id=1120920
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