	ecuador quake to cut oil revenues mln dlrs up to people were feared dead and more than people left homeless by thursday s earthquake which will cost ecuador close to mln dlrs in lost petroleum revenues authorities said they estimated the cost of repairing a damaged oil pipeline at mln dlrs the magnitude of the damages caused by the earthquake is gigantic president leon febres cordero said after inspecting the damages in napo the hardest hit jungle province miles from here the quake damaged km of an oil pipeline forcing this opec nation to suspend  exports for four months president febres cordero said in a statement issued today by the presidential press office the country would lose an estimated mln dlrs in  exports until the pipeline was repaired the president said it would cost mln dlrs to repair the pipelline which carries oil from jungle oil fields over the andes to balao a pacific ocean port  traditionally accounts for up to two thirds of ecuador s exports the quake triggered landslides swelling the aguarico river which burst it banks carrying away homes and huts in napo province health minister jorge brancho told reuters we fear that up to people died in napo though there is no way of now knowing the exact figure because many people have disappeared he said other estimates ranged as high as dead so far corpses have been recovered bracho said information minister marco lara told reporters the number of dead and injured is not known because we do not know how many people lived in the homes hit by the landslides bracho said at least were left homeless in the cayambe district reuter 
