Oceanographer David Zee, from Uerj, is concerned about the lack of oil containment actions and sees great chances of Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro being affected.
Researchers from Coppe/UFRJ will investigate which areas of the country could be affected by the oil that extends along the Northeast coast. Ibama demanded clarification from Shell on barrels of oil on beaches in Sergipe, the material found inside the barrels is the same oil that hit beaches in the northeast in recent weeks.
Carina Bock, researcher at the Laboratory of Computational Methods in Engineering at Coppe/UFRJ, informs “Considering the points where oil was located, an inverse modeling work was carried out. From the hydrodynamic conditions, we calculated the trajectory of the oil going back in time to try to find the origin”,
In order to find out where the oil can move, the next step will be to do the same modeling only forwards. Which will allow us to know, for example, if it will arrive in the State of Rio, in how long and possible entry points.
Oceanographer David Zee, from Uerj, is concerned about the lack of actions to contain the oil that extends from Maranhão to the north of Bahia and sees great chances of Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro being affected.
According to the oceanographer, in Rio de Janeiro the entry would take place in the north of the state, in the municipalities of São Francisco de Itabapoana, Barra de São João and Quissamã.
The State Institute for the Environment (Inea), Ibama guaranteed that no spot was identified on the high seas or a trend of displacement in the vicinity of the State of Rio. The agency informed that it has a contingency plan that covers the scenario of the appearance of oil on beaches, and that it maintains vigilance.
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53 companies explore oil in Brazil and only Petrobras collects oil in the Northeast, says political scientist, they are:
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- Anadarko
- Aurizonia Petroleum
- Energy bar
- BG Brazil
- BHP Billiton
- BP do Brasil
- Chevron
- Engevix
- Exxon Mobil
- HRT
- There is
- Maersk Oil
- Nord Oil and Gas
- OGX
- PetraEnergia
- Venezuela oil
- Petroreconcave
- Premier Oil
- Queiroz Galvão Exploration and Production
- Repsol Sinopec
- Shell
- Starfish Oil & Gas
- Statoil
- Total E&P in Brazil
- Drilling (Drilling)
- American Drilling from Brazil
- Archer
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- Delba Perforations
- Diamond Offshore/Brasdrill
- Dolphin Drilling Brazil
- ELF
- ENSCO/Pride
- Etesco
- Etx Drilling
- Five Star
- Noble Corp
- Deep Water
- Odebrecht Oil and Gas
- Odfjell
- Pacific triplet
- perbs
- Queiroz Galvao
- Saipem
- San Antonio International
- Shahin
- Seadrill/Seawell
- Thirst Brazil
- Sevan Drilling
- Stena Drilling
- transoceanic
- Tuscany Drilling
- Ventura/Petroserve
- Petrobras
A Petrobras completed a month of permanent support to Ibama in its efforts to clean up the beaches affected by oil in the Northeast. Since September 12th, the company has collected more than 200 tons of oil (a mixture of oil and sand).
In all, Petrobras mobilized around 1700 environmental agents to clean up the impacted areas and more than 50 employees to plan and execute the response.
Five Environmental Defense Centers (CDA) and nine Emergency Response Centers were also activated. The CDAs are Petrobras facilities strategically distributed in different regions of the country, in order to complement the oil spill emergency response resources of the company's operating units.
In addition to the CDAs, each unit has equipment and resources for immediate response in its Emergency Response Centers. This structure guarantees the times, resources and response capacity of the facilities under the company's management.
