Brazil’s state oil company Petrobras has received approval to begin exploratory drilling near the mouth of the Amazon River, raising environmental concerns as the country prepares to host the COP30 climate summit.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has faced criticism from conservationists, who say his oil expansion plans contradict his image as a global climate leader. The drilling, set to start immediately, will last five months and take place in a block off Amapá, around 500 km (311 miles) from the Amazon’s mouth on the Brazilian Equatorial Margin.
Petrobras said it complied with all environmental licensing requirements set by Ibama and aims to assess the potential for economically viable oil and gas in the area. “We hope to obtain excellent results from this research and prove the existence of oil in the Brazilian portion of this new global energy frontier,” said Petrobras president Magda Chambriard.
Exxon Mobil and TotalEnergies drilling oil in Guyana and Suriname, already thinking about doing the same in Venezuela:
Dont you love those articles that tries to blame a country for developing itself when those same outlets silence when imperialist companies do the same exploration but just enslaves the countries instead of developing it?
there needs to be a way to quickly find and advertise the funding sources for these new articles as well as the funding sources for those funding sources since that’s how the US empire hides its propaganda efforts.
