Repsol says that cleaning schedule in Peru reached 94%

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(CNN Spanish) --

 The oil company Repsol assured this Saturday that the schedule for the cleaning operation of the sea and beaches of Peru affected by the oil spill in January has reached 94% progress.

In a message that Repsol published on the website created to monitor the cleanup, José Reyes, the company's senior manager of Safety, Quality and the Environment in that country, reported that the cleanup of two new beaches, bringing the total to 18 that are ready for monitoring and awaiting reopening for public use.

Reyes did not give details of how many other beaches are still pending cleaning.

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Reyes added that the company monitors the entire coastline "with all its resources" in the event of the appearance of new spots in the sea from rocks or cliffs due to the natural action of the waves.

The company's commitment, he stated, is to return the Peruvian coastline to its natural state.

The spill on the Peruvian coast occurred on January 15 after the waves generated by the eruption of an underwater volcano in Tonga affected the Peruvian coast and reached a tanker while it was unloading oil at the La Pampilla refinery, on the coast of Ventanilla. .

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The Mare Doricum, under the Italian flag, spilled under these circumstances what Repsol estimated at around 10,400 barrels of crude oil.

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Until this Saturday, the Peruvian government had not commented on the progress reported by Repsol.

The Environment Ministry also had not responded to a CNN request for comment.

On March 15, President Pedro Castillo told the Congress of the Republic that the Agency for Environmental Assessment and Control will carry out sampling on the beaches that Repsol claims to have cleaned in order to guarantee the recovery of the ecosystems.

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