Shushufindi 56; Photo taken in 2008 Year Constructed by Texaco: 1977 Year Closed: Not closed Approx. Barrels of Oil Produced at this Site: 7.5 million Minimum Contamination Level Found (Legal Limit for TPH is 1,000ppm): 6,548.4ppm Maximum Contamination Level Found (Legal Limit for TPH is 1,000ppm): 61,911.88ppm TPH is total petroleum hydrocarbons.
Shushufindi 56; Year Constructed by Texaco: 1970 In production: 20 years Year Closed: Not closed Minimum Contamination Level Found (Legal Limit for TPH is 1,000ppm): 8,830.44ppm Maximum Contamination Level Found (Legal Limit for TPH is 1,000ppm): 20,923.29ppm
Human Rights Activist Kerry Kennedy At Oil Well Site Aguarico 4 Years of oil well operation: 1974 to 1984 Oil well installed and operated by Texaco Contamination Level Found (Legal Limit for TPH is 1,000ppm): 10,174ppm
Human Rights Activist Kerry Kennedy At Oil Well Site Aguarico 2 Years of oil well operation: 1974 to 1990 Oil well installed and operated by Texaco Texaco falsely claimed to have cleaned this pit, yet oil can be found three inches beneath the ground surface today.
Shushufindi 38; Photo taken in 2009 Year Constructed by Texaco: 1974 Year Closed: 1984 Contamination Level Found (Legal Limit for TPH is 1,000ppm): 476,528ppm
Because Texaco said it cleaned a small percentage of the pits, people living in the area thought they were cleaned so they built homes directly on top of toxic waste dumps. Here’s an example at a so-called “remediated” pit at Shushufindi 43.
Texaco falsely claimed to have cleaned Sacha 56, yet oil can be found on top of the surface of the pit today. Contamination levels are 3.6 times the legal limit: 3,600ppm of TPH.
Because Texaco said it cleaned Sacha 56, this family moved into a shack near the pit.
