FUP Criticizes ANP For Auctioning Blocks In The Mouth of The Amazon That May Be Handed Over For Exploration By Foreign Oil Companies

Written by Andriely Medeiros de Araújo

Published on 21/04/2025 at 18:08

FUP critica inclusão da Foz do Amazonas em leilão da ANP, alertando para riscos de ameaça à soberania com atuação de petroleiras estrangeiras. Imagem: Divulgação

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FUP Critiques Inclusion of the Mouth of the Amazon in ANP Auction, Alerting to Environmental Risks and Threats to Sovereignty with the Action of Foreign Oil Companies.

The Unique Federation of Oil Workers (FUP) harshly criticized the decision of the National Agency of Petroleum (ANP) to include blocks from the Mouth of the Amazon Basin in the upcoming Permanent Offering Auction (OPC), scheduled for June 17.

According to the entity, the measure could favor foreign companies in a region that is strategic for Brazil, compromising national energy sovereignty and generating considerable environmental risks. Four sectors of the Mouth of the Amazon will be available for the first time in this offering model, raising alarms among unionists and sector specialists.

Foreign Participation Worries the Sector

For the FUP, the presence of international oil companies in sensitive areas like the Mouth of the Amazon Basin represents a setback in Brazilian energy policy.

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Environmental Licensing Remains a Stalemate

The auction occurs in a context of a long environmental dispute involving Petrobras and the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama).

For years, the state-owned company has been attempting to obtain a license to drill in block FZA-M-059, located about 175 km off the coast of Amapá and nearly 3,000 meters deep.

The delay in licensing reveals the complexity of exploration in the region and concerns about possible environmental impacts.

FUP Critiques Ibama’s Stance and Defends CNPE

Although recognizing the need for environmental rigor, the FUP claims that Ibama is exceeding its authority by preventing exploration.

For the entity, it is up to the National Council of Energy Policy (CNPE) to determine whether Brazil should explore oil or not — and not the environmental agency.

According to the federation, Ibama’s role should be technical, guiding the safest way to explore, but not vetoing the activity itself.

FUP Criticizes ANP For Auctioning Blocks In The Mouth of The Amazon That May Be Handed Over For Exploration By Foreign Oil Companies

FUP Critiques Inclusion of the Mouth of the Amazon in ANP Auction, Alerting to Environmental Risks and Threats to Sovereignty with the Action of Foreign Oil Companies.

Foreign Participation Worries the Sector

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FUP Critiques Ibama’s Stance and Defends CNPE

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FUP Criticizes ANP For Auctioning Blocks In The Mouth of The Amazon That May Be Handed Over For Exploration By Foreign Oil Companies

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