Protesters oppose Petrobras oil exploration thought at mouth of Amazon river

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Brazil’s negate-flee Petrobras oil firm is viewed on a tank in at Petrobras Paulinia refinery in Paulinia, Brazil July 1, 2017. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker/File Photo

BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) – Environmental demonstrators protested on Sunday in opposition to plans by Brazilian negate-flee oil firm Petrobras to drill for oil at the mouth of the Amazon (NASDAQ:) river.

“Oil-free Amazon,” talked about a banner held by the neighborhood of 50 protesters start air a convention center the set up heads of negate of Amazon nations will meet this week to focus on becoming a member of efforts to give protection to the rainforest.

Petrobras has appealed in opposition to a name by Brazil’s environmental safety company, Ibama, to disclaim it permission to drill an exploratory successfully at the mouth of the Amazon, announcing the quiz lacked an environmental evaluation of the venture.

“This vogue of exploration today, in 2023, does now no longer look us and handiest places our lives and our lifestyle at possibility,” talked about one protester, Luis Barbosa.

Petrobras has rights to discover a block 175 kilometers from Brazil’s northeastern wing in a deepwater dwelling, south of the set up Suriname is exploring for oil and the set up international firms have came across 11 billion barrels of recoverable oil in Guyana.

Speaking right here on Saturday, Ambiance Minister Marina Silva talked about Ibama would peep Petrobras’ unusual quiz to install a drilling rig off the wing of Amapá to discover for oil in the residence the set up the Amazon river waters enter the Atlantic.

Ibama is now no longer in opposition to drilling at the mouth of the Amazon, in thought, and must peep the technical and scientific experiences impartially, Silva told a news convention.

“Ibama does now no longer produce things extra subtle or more straightforward. It reaches a technical idea that must be obeyed,” talked about the minister, who has antagonistic the idea to drill at the mouth of the Amazon.

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva talked about this week his executive has now no longer determined whether to permit exploration there, and is in a “route of of internal dialogue.”

He talked about in a radio interview a name would per chance well be made soon.

Lula talked about Guyana’s president would relish Petrobras to discover for oil off-shore from his nation.