	ecuador gets loan to help repair oil pipeline the andean development corp caf said today it is lending mln dlrs to ecuador to help repair miles of oil pipeline destroyed by an earthquake earlier this month the loan was signed here today in the offices of the caracas based caf by the corporation s president galo montano perez and ecuadorean ambassador antonio parra gil the loan had originally been intended to finance an expansion of the pipeline but following the earthquake the ecuadorean government asked for the terms to be changed so as to permit their use in reconstruction ecuador expects oil production to be suspended for four months as a result of the damage and has asked venezuela to help by supplying barrels per day while the pipeline is repaired the opec member has a production quota of bpd but has asked the organization to allow it to produce bpd once the repairs are completed so as to compensate the loss reuter 
