An oil spill in Venezuela’s Anzoategui State has affected drinking water across a 31-mile radius, PDVSA confirmed on Monday. Anzoategui State is known for its beautiful coastline that makes up a single 62-mile-long beach, as well as a robust fishing and tourism industry, which is often in conflict with its main revenue stream, oil. The leak, although not disclosed until today, apparently happened on 1 November spewing 25,000 barrels of oil, according to opposition lawmaker Jose Brito. According to Argus media , the pipeline carries extra heavy crude diluted with naphtha from the Orinoco oil belt´s Cabrutica district, near PDVSA’s PetroAnzoategui, PetroCedeño and PetroPiar extra heavy crude operations. Brito blamed the leak on poor maintenance of the 36-inch pipeline, adding that security forces were blocking access to the area. PDVSA’s statement said they had taken steps to supply drinking water and to protect local ecosystems, and that […]