E-Tech Projects


Independantly Conducted Projects

Camisea Project Pipeline Ruptures, Peru

camisea E-Tech has been conducting an unofficial independent audit of the Camisea natural gas liquids pipeline from October 2005 through July 2007 to determine the reasons behind the frequent ruptures of the pipeline and to determine the steps necessary to ensure the integrity of the pipeline over the long-term. E-Techs intervention has been controversial and widely reported primarily because of the resistance of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Peruvian government to conducting transparent audits of pipeline problems. The documents and articles below covering the period February 2006 through December 2007 provide a chronology of E-Techs actions as well as those of IDB and Peruvian government.

Reports and Documentation

July, 2006 Overview of Evaluations of Camisea Project Pipeline Ruptures, Peru

 

June 5, 2007 En Español E-Tech press release on Camisea audit

 

May 20, 2007 E-Tech response to Exponent (IDB contractor) analysis of Camisea pipeline integrity

Respuesta de E-Tech al analisis de Exponent - integridad de los ductos de Camisea, 20 de mayo, 2007

Attachments 1,2,3
Anexos 1,2,3

 

February 14, 2007 E-Tech presentation on Camisea ruptures to Houston pipeline integrity conference

 

August 21, 2006 Supplemental report to 2/06 E-Tech report on Pipeline Failures.

21 Agosto 2006 informe complementario al informe 2/06 Fallas de Gasodocto Camisea

Attachments1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Anexos1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

 

11 Septiembre 2006 Comunicado de E-Tech

 

11 Septiembre 2006 E-Tech respuesta a MEM

Carta de me
 

February 27, 2006 E-Tech report on Camisea Pipeline Failures (Powers, Salazar)

Evaluación de fallas en Tuberías del proyecto Camisea y soluciones largo plazo, 27 de Febrero de 2006 Appendices: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 14, 15, 16
 

February 24, 2006 Executive Summary

Resumen Ejecutivo, 24 de Febrero de 2006
 

March 4, 2006  E-Tech Response to Transportadores Gas de Peru (TGP)

Español
 

March 25, 2006  E-Tech Response to TGP

Español
 

March 2006   TGP Response to E-Tech

Español
 
 

Press: (English- and Spanish-language)

November 1, 2007:EcoAmericas (English)  Audit Says Peru Camisea Pipelines Flawed

 

Feb 26, 2006: AP Environmental Firm Warns on Peru Pipeline

 

April 1, 2006: En Español El Comercio (Lima)entrevista Bill Powers

 

April 26, 2006: Grist Magazine Bungle in the Jungle

 

May 10, 2006: En Español La República (Lima) E-Tech: el ducto tiene fallas

 

June 21, 2006: En Español El Comercio - recomiendan posponer auditoría

 

June 29, 2006: Oil Daily - Controversy Brews Over Camisea Audit (p. 2)

 

July 14, 2006: En Español La República- EEUU pone en tela de juicio a Camisea

 

July 17, 2006: Christian Science Monitor - Leaky Pipes Slow Peru Gas Project

 
 

Government Documents/Testimony - Camisea pipelines:

 

June 2006: Peruvian congressional investigative committee report- Camisea pipeline ruptures (E-Tech testimony pp. 66-79)

 

July 12, 2006: former Peruvian Minister of Energy and Mines Carlos H. Descalzi testimony before U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on July 12, 2006 regarding Camisea Project

October 22-30, 2007 visit to Blocks 1AB and 8: summary photos

 

July 12, 2006: former Peruvian Minister of Energy and Mines Carlos H. Descalzi testimony before U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on July 12, 2006 regarding Camisea Project

 

October 20, 2007 E-Tech Letter To IDB Executive Director Jaime Quijandria on Independence of Camisea Audits

 

October 22-30, 2007 visit to Blocks 1AB and 8: Summary photos

 

October 24, 2007, Block 1AB,Jibaro photos

 

October 25, 2007 Block 1AB,Dorissa photos

 

October 25, 2007, Block 1AB -Huayuri well

 

October 25, 2007, Block 1AB - Huayuri: Huayuri reinjection & remediation photos

 

October 29, 2007, Block 8 - Corrientes 1:Battery 1 reinjection project

 

October 30, 2007, Block 8 - Corrientes 2: Battery 2 reinjection project

 

October 30, 2007, Block 8 - power plant:existing and new expansion