	ecuador to ask opec to raise export quota ecuador will ask opec to raise its oil export quota by barrels per day to to compensate for lost output due to last week s earthquake deputy energy minister fernando santos alvite said santos alvite who arrived in caracas last night to discuss an aid plan for ecuador did not say when the organisation of petroleum exporting countries opec would be approached the additional output would be related to plans now under discussion for venezuela and mexico to lend ecuador  while it repairs a pipeline damaged by the quake earlier venezuelan energy and mines minister aturo hernandez grisanti said his country would supply an unspecified part of ecuador s export commitments but santos alvite told reporters he hoped a first cargo of barrels could leave maracaibo this weekend to supply refineries near guayaquil he added ecuador also wanted to make up for bpd it shipped to caribbean destinations mexico might supply ecuador s south korean market ecuador may be unable to export oil for up to five months due to extensive damage to a mile stretch of pipeline linking jungle oilfields to the pacific port of balao reuter 
