	ecuador official seeks oil aid in venezuela ecuador s deputy energy minister fernando santos alvite arrived here last night for talks on further venezuelan assistance to his country s oil industry following last week s earthquake officials said ecuador was obliged to suspend  oil exports for an expected five months as a result of damage to miles of pipeline linking its jungle oil fields with the pacific port of balao oil normally accounts for pct of its exports fellow opec member venezuela has already agreed to lend ecuador five mln barrels of  to be repaid in kind after days to help meet its domestic consumption needs reuter 
