The pipeline crosses the Amazon Jungle, the Andes, numerous natural reserves and ends on the Pacific Coast. It snakes its way through an extremely sensitive ecosystem inhabited by various indigenous groups while also traversing precariously past geologically unstable landscapes. The pipeline’s route passes 94 fault lines, six volcanoes, multiple waterways, and rain forests. Soil erosion, landslides and negative effects on soil fertility are of great concern for the pipeline owner.