	venezuela to lend ecuador bpd of  venezuela will lend ecuador barrels per day of  oil over the next few months to help it meet its export commitments energy and mines minister arturo hernandez grisanti said today he said that under the terms of this loan agreed during a visit here this week by ecuador s deputy energy minister fernando santos alvite ecuador will begin repaying the loan in august hernandez grisanti said the loan will go part way to offsetting the loss of ecuador s in exports caused by earthquake damage to miles of pipeline last week ecuador was forced to suspend exports after the pipeline connecting its jungle oil fields with the pacific port of balao was put out of action venezuela has an output quota of bpd while ecuador s is bpd santos alvite said ecuador will ask opec to allow it to produce bpd above its quota when the pipeline is repaired to offset present production losses hernandez grisanti said also a first barrels shipment of venezuelan  oil will leave for ecuador this weekend to help meet domestic consumption needs the oil part of a five mln additional  oil loan by venezuela will be processed at guayaquil refineries if we had not supplied oil to ecuador the life of this country would have ground to a halt he said reuter 
