Containment barriers were put in place, equipment was installed to recover the hydrocarbons and specialized personnel were deployed in the Puinahua Canal.

In order to be prepared for any eventuality that may occur during the transportation of crude oil by waterway, PetroTal, a company led and operated by Peruvians, carried out a successful spill drill in the Puinahua Canal, near the native community 7 de Junio, in the district of Puinahua (Requena, Loreto), where the Bretaña Norte field of Block 95 is located.

The Level II drill, carried out in the district's river, tested the Spill Response Contingency Plan of the Lot 95 operator, which proved to be effective and efficient to face and deal with this type of eventuality.

The exercise began with the alert of the incident, caused by the alleged collision of a barge loaded with oil, approximately one kilometer downstream of the operation. The company immediately activated its communication protocols and its Contingency Plan, which managed to contain the alleged oil slick, which was simulated with rice husks.

As part of the practice, containment barriers were installed to prevent rice husks from being washed away by the current, and skimmers (skimmers), pumps and fast tanks, The teams that worked on the recovery of the hydrocarbon.

Luis Pantoja, PetroTal's general manager, emphasized that this effort is part of the company's prevention policy and its commitment to the protection and strict respect for the environment and the people living near Block 95.

The activity was attended, as observers, by representatives of the General Directorate of Captaincy and Coast Guard (DICAPI), the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (SERNANP), the apu of the native community 7 de Junio, Gerber Greifo, and the Citizen Socio-environmental Monitoring Program (PROMOSAC), who witnessed and highlighted the maneuvers and actions carried out by PetroTal's brigades during and after the practice.