In Brazilian Amazon, Dream of Black Gold and Fear of Oil Spill
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MPF points to differences on oil well drilling in Amapá The discovery of oil in the Morpho well and the authorization for Petrobras to drill three more wells in the FZA-M-59 Block consolidates the advance of exploration in the Amazon Basin, but puts at the center of the debate the environmental security of the Amapá coast. The region houses two of the most sensitive ecosystems on the planet: the Great Amazon Reef System and the world's largest c…
Its village, Manga, is about 20 kilometers from the centre of Oiapoque, a border town with Guyana that has been boiling since the oil giant Petrobras began its offshore exploration in the region a year ago. Especially since the Brazilian public company announced in August that it had identified the presence of hydrocarbons in its first drilling, 175 km from the coast. Not far from that, Guyana and Suriname have already been operating vast reserv…
Petrobras has detected hydrocarbons off the extreme north of Brazil. In this city glued to Guyana, the hopes of wealth are grappling with... Read article Oiapoque dream of oil, the Karipuna fear the oil spill appeared first on Le Singulier.
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