A ruptured pipeline has caused two oil spills in the Peruvian Amazon, threatening wildlife and local communities. Ruptures in Peru’s main oil pipeline have spilled 3,000 barrels of crude in an Amazonian region, polluting two rivers that native villages rely on for water. The Health Ministry has declared a water emergency in five districts near the spill A third spill has been reported by local media though the pipeline operator Petroperu has refuted the claim. RT reports: According to state-owned regional Petroperu, there were two separate breaks in January and early February, which have halted transportation of 5-6,000 barrels of crude per day. According to Petroperu president German Velasquez, the first rupture appears to have been caused by a landslide. The cause of the other is still being worked out. The oil is now in the Chiriaco and Morona rivers in northwest Peru, Reuters reported OEFA, the national environmental authority, as saying. There are at least eight native-populated villages now under threat, an indigenous leader told the agency. Petroperu has estimated the amount of the spilled oil at 3,000 barrels. The company now says it will take “some time” before operations return to normal. But its efforts have been hampered [...]