President Moreno was accompanied on his visit by Carlos Pérez, the hydrocarbons minister, who described the Esmeraldas plant as being in “a critical situation” despite substantial investment in recent years, as its renovation became a flagship project of the Correa administration. Francisco Moreno, the current superintendent of the facility, concurred. Pérez requested that the comptroller general’s office investigate the work at the plant in order to determine responsibility for the present failings.
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