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Despite the year-over-year drop, the actual output did exceed Ministry of Mines and Energy's estimate of 840,000 barrels of oil per day.

The abduction reportedly occurred around 7:30 am on the day that the UN head arrived in Colombia to discuss the nation’s peace process.

President Santos recalled the nation's peace negotiator from Ecuador and told the military to "act with force and respond to this ELN aggression."

Ecopetrol said that it “rejects these illegal actions” that endanger people, damage the environment, and harm neighboring communities.

"Ecopetrol emphatically rejects these illegal actions," said the oil company.

Repairs have not been completed due to “continued harassment by firing helicopters” and “anti-personnel mines,” said Ecopetrol.

The oil spill has threatened a nearby stream that feeds into an aqueduct relied upon by some 3,500 locals in Guamalito.

The prolonged shutdown has cost Colombia some 893,000 barrels of production, according to Ecopetrol.

Ecopetrol did not identify who attacked the pipeline, but a Reuters reports states that military sources believe ELN guerrillas were responsible.