SALVADOR DE BAHIA, BRAZIL (By Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Oct.2025, Words: 217) â Rio de Janeiro-based Petrobras received the environmental license from Ibama to drill an exploratory well in block FZA-M-059. The block is located in deep waters off AmapĂĄ, 500km from the mouth of the Amazon River and 175km […]
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Petrobras Starts Equatorial Margin Drilling
(Petrobras, 23.Dec.2023) â Petrobras has started drilling the Pitu Oeste (RN) well today, which marks the resumption of the company’s search for oil and gas in the Equatorial Margin, a region that stretches along the Brazilian coast from the state of Rio Grande do Norte to AmapĂĄ. The drilling of […]
Petrobras Updates on Offshore Wind Protocol at IBAMA
(Petrobras, 15.Sep.2023) â Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed to the market on 13 September 2023, informs that the request to start the environmental licensing process for ten areas in the Brazilian sea for the development of offshore wind energy projects aims to assess the technical-economic and environmental viability […]
Petrobras Gets Help From Brazilâs Attorney General to Explore the Amazon
(Bloomberg, 23.Aug.2023) â Brazilâs government may have lifted one of the key hurdles for Petrobras to drill at a promising offshore oil region, a move that could escalate a standoff between the oil company and environmental authorities. A major impact study that the Ibama environmental agency is demanding isnât necessary […]
Petrobras on Answer to Letter from the Ministry of Mines and Energy
(Petrobras, 19.May.2023) â Petrobras answered, on today’s date, to the requests contained in Official Letter nr. 386/2023/GM-MME, from the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME), in the terms below: Regarding the denial by IBAMA of the environmental licensing process for Block FZA-M-59 in AmapĂĄ Ăguas Profundas, Petrobras understands that it […]
Petrobras on Letter from Ministry of Mines and Energy
(Petrobras, 19.May.2023) â Petrobras received Official Letter No. 386/2023/GM-MME, through which the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) requests that Petrobras, within its rules of governance and in compliance with strict legality, reiterate the request for licensing of the activity with the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Natural Resources (IBAMA), […]
Q&A: Brazil to Offer Incentives for Shale Exploration
(Argus, 11.Jan.2022) â Brazil wants to start exploration and production of non-conventional gas resources, such as shale and tight gas, rekindling the public debate that prevented the country from such operations in the mid-2010s. Argus talked to Rafael Bastos da Silva, oil and gas secretary at the ministry of mines […]
Brazil Faces Worst Dry Spell In 91 Years
(Reuters, 28.May.2021) â Brazilâs government agencies warned of droughts this week as the country faces its worst dry spell in 91 years, increasing fears of energy rationing, hitting hydroelectric power generation and agriculture while raising the risk of Amazon fires. Late on Thursday, the Electricity Sector Monitoring Committee (CMSE), which […]
Brazil Removes 32 Sensitive, Offshore Blocks From Round
(S&P Global Platts, 11.Dec.2020) â Brazil’s National Energy Policy Council, or CNPE, dealt a sharp blow to the country’s offshore exploration and production program by removing 32 high potential but environmentally sensitive offshore blocks from the upcoming 17th bid round during the policymaking board’s Dec. 9 meeting. The removal of […]
Petrobras Decommissions P-12 Platform
(Petrobras, 7.Jul.2020) â Petrobras informs that, after approval by the National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP), the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) and the Navy, it started decommissioning the P-12 platform in the Campos Basin. Decommissioning of P-07 and P-15 in the […]
COSAN Seeks Permits For Alternative Route 4
(S&P Global Platts, 6.Jan.2020) â Brazil sugar and ethanol group Cosan applied for environmental permits to build a second tranche of the Route 4 offshore natural gas export pipeline in a move that would add much-needed transportation capacity and boost oil and gas output from subsalt fields, according to documents […]
Brazil Collects 900 Tonnes Of Spilled Oil
(Kallanish, 23.Oct.2019) â Brazil has collected some 900 tonnes of oil residue from its northeastern beaches since early September, the government said in a joint note Monday. According to the Brazilian Navy, environmental agency Ibama and oil regulator ANP, the mammoth clean up continues across the Brazilian northeast coast. Over […]
Brazil Cleans Beaches Affected By Oil Spill
(BBC, 20.Oct.2019) â Thousands of people have taken part in a huge clean-up operation to remove oil and tar from beaches along Brazil’s north-eastern coast. Volunteers, as well as government workers, used wheelbarrows, spades and plastic gloves to remove the thick tar from the sand and water. The source of […]
Brazil Reports Oil Spill Along Northeast Beaches
(Reuters, Marta Nogueira and Roberto Samora, 26.Sep.2019) â Brazil’s environmental agency Ibama said on Thursday that an analysis of a vast oil spill along the country’s northeastern beaches showed the spilled crude did not originate in the country. Ibama said in a statement that it had been investigating the spill […]
Brazil To Auction Oil Camps Despite Environmental Warnings
(AP, Peter Prengaman and Mauricio Savarse, 13.Apr.2019) â The administration of President Jair Bolsonaro plans to auction seven offshore oil fields in the northeast despite contrary advice from analysts of Brazil’s main environmental body, according to documents obtained by the Associated Press. Environmentalists say it’s the latest example of how […]
Petrobras Sales Stake In Shallow Campos Fields
(Petrobras, 28.Nov.2018) â Petrobras reports that it has signed today with Perenco the contracts for the full sale of Petrobrasâ stake in the fields of Pargo, Carapeba and Vermelho, the so-called Polo Nordeste, located in shallow waters off the coast of Rio de Janeiro state. The assets The Pargo field […]
Introduction to IBAMA
(The Brazil Business, Renata Garcia, 16.Jun.2015) â IBAMA is an institute that was created to ensure the preservation and maintenance of the environment. It acts in the protection of Brazilian natural resources. In this article we will understand what IBAMA is and its functions. The Brazilian Institute of Environment and […]