US EditionBrazil Approves Petrobras Oil Drilling Near Amazon
Petrobras will start a five-month exploratory drilling campaign 500 km offshore to evaluate oil reserves, despite opposition citing environmental and Indigenous community risks.
- Petrobras received approval to drill for oil near the Amazon river, 500km from its mouth.
- Environmental groups raised concerns about potential oil spills impacting the Amazon region and undermining Brazil's climate leadership.
- Brazil's President Lula defended the drilling plans for economic reasons despite opposition, stating Brazil needs fossil fuels currently.
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Petrobras secures controversial Amazon drilling licence ahead of COP30 climate summit
Brazil's Petrobras has obtained authorisation to drill an exploratory well near the mouth of the Amazon River, sparking fierce criticism from conservationists just weeks before Brazil hosts UN climate talks.
Brazil okays oil drilling near mouth of Amazon weeks before it hosts COP30 summit, draws flak
Brazil’s state oil firm Petrobras has been granted permission to begin exploratory drilling near the mouth of the Amazon River, raising environmental concerns ahead of the COP30 climate summit. President Lula has defended the move on economic grounds.
Energy company Petrobras has been approved to conduct exploratory drilling for oil off the Brazilian coast. This is striking, as the international climate summit will begin in Belém, in the Amazon, in a few weeks. Countries will discuss phasing out oil, natural gas, and coal, among other things. This illustrates Brazil's balancing act. On the one hand, the country wants to raise its international profile with an ambitious negotiated outcome at t…
Environmental groups slam Amazon oil drilling approval ahead of COP30
Brazil’s environment agency, IBAMA, has approved an environmental license for state-owned oil company Petrobras to drill for oil near the mouth of the Amazon River. The license, issued Oct. 20, allows the company start drilling the offshore Morpho well in oil block FZA-M-059, about 500 kilometers (311 miles) from the river’s mouth, and 2.8 km […]
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defends the ‘polar’ project. However, ‘Observatorio do Clima‘ strongly criticizes it, especially because Brazil will host COP30 in the Amazon city of Belém in November. Energy giant Petrobras announced this Monday (20.10.2025) that he received the approval of the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to begin drilling for oil about 500 kilometers from the mouth of the Amazon River and 175 kilometers from the coast of …
Brazilian oil giant Petrobras to drill in the Amazon
Brazil’s state-owned oil company won approval to drill near the mouth of the Amazon River, just weeks before the country hosts the COP30 climate summit. The move granting Petrobras an exploration license has been sharply criticized, including by Brazil’s own environment minister. But other senior officials defended the decision, arguing that Latin America’s biggest economy needs to shore up its energy independence amid global economic uncertaint…
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