Petrobras Receives First Environmental License from the Government of Pará to Proceed with Leak Simulation Project in the Mouth of the Amazon, Aiming at Oil Exploration Campaign in the Equatorial Margin Region

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Published on 08/02/2023 at 16:53

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The Company Needs One More Environmental License Required to Proceed with the Leak Simulation at the Mouth of the Amazon. This Is Another Step Taken by Petrobras for Its Possible Oil Exploration Campaign in the Equatorial Margin.

The state-owned oil company Petrobras has its first environmental license required to proceed with the leak simulation in the Mouth of the Amazon Basin region. The installation license was granted by the Government of Pará to the state-owned company, which is now awaiting just the operation license to proceed with the project. The goal of the oil company is to activate its oil exploration campaign in the state, taking advantage of the potential of the Equatorial Margin.

Petrobras Advances in the Oil Exploration Project at the Mouth of the Amazon, in the Equatorial Margin, and Receives the First of Two Environmental Licenses Needed for Leak Simulation

The Government of Pará granted Petrobras its first environmental license of the two needed for the oil company to carry out a leak simulation in the Mouth of the Amazon region.

This step was seen by the oil company as a significant advancement for Ibama to authorize the operation in the region.

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The State-Owned Company Has Been Investing Millions Daily to Enable Oil Leak Simulation in the Mouth of the Amazon Region but Awaits a New Environmental License

Petrobras has been incurring a million-dollar daily cost for mobilizing personnel and equipment for the simulation in the Amazon region since last year.

Its main objective is to open a frontier for oil exploration in the Mouth of the Amazon region, near the area where ExxonMobil recently found indications of fuel reserves.

The project was spearheaded by Petrobras after oil companies like BP and TotalEnergies withdrew from expired auction assets in 2013 due to difficulties in obtaining environmental licenses to continue with the venture.

The Mouth of the Amazon is part of the Equatorial Margin region, where the state-owned oil company plans to invest $2.94 billion by 2027. It has established itself as one of the major potential areas for oil exploration growth in Brazil.

Even with changes in internal management after Jean Paul Prates took over the company, the state-owned enterprise will continue to focus its investments in this new potential area.

With advancements in the oil leak simulation at the Mouth of the Amazon, Petrobras is getting closer to its exploration campaign in the Equatorial Margin.

Petrobras Receives First Environmental License from the Government of Pará to Proceed with Leak Simulation Project in the Mouth of the Amazon, Aiming at Oil Exploration Campaign in the Equatorial Margin Region

The Company Needs One More Environmental License Required to Proceed with the Leak Simulation at the Mouth of the Amazon. This Is Another Step Taken by Petrobras for Its Possible Oil Exploration Campaign in the Equatorial Margin.

Petrobras Advances in the Oil Exploration Project at the Mouth of the Amazon, in the Equatorial Margin, and Receives the First of Two Environmental Licenses Needed for Leak Simulation

The State-Owned Company Has Been Investing Millions Daily to Enable Oil Leak Simulation in the Mouth of the Amazon Region but Awaits a New Environmental License

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Petrobras Receives First Environmental License from the Government of Pará to Proceed with Leak Simulation Project in the Mouth of the Amazon, Aiming at Oil Exploration Campaign in the Equatorial Margin Region

The Company Needs One More Environmental License Required to Proceed with the Leak Simulation at the Mouth of the Amazon. This Is Another Step Taken by Petrobras for Its Possible Oil Exploration Campaign in the Equatorial Margin.

Petrobras Advances in the Oil Exploration Project at the Mouth of the Amazon, in the Equatorial Margin, and Receives the First of Two Environmental Licenses Needed for Leak Simulation

The State-Owned Company Has Been Investing Millions Daily to Enable Oil Leak Simulation in the Mouth of the Amazon Region but Awaits a New Environmental License

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A British company has installed in the middle of the ocean the world’s first floating platform that generates electricity 24 hours a day from the temperature difference between the surface and the depths of the Atlantic, without relying on wind or sun.

Brazil will harvest a record crop of up to 357 million tons of grains, but it does not have the capacity to store a large part of it. The storage deficit has reached the highest level in history and is equivalent to almost the entire production of Argentina.

Engineers had to pour concrete mixed with tons of ice throughout entire nights in the Dubai desert to erect the Burj Khalifa; any carelessness could clog the pipes half a mile high.

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