Without Ibama’s recovery forecast, Petrobras must withdraw the probe from the Amapá coast at this terça-feira (6)

Petrobras informed that they are going to withdraw, at this third fair (6), the probe installed in Amapá to investigate the existence of oil in the so-called Equatorial Marge. The mobilization occurs after the refusal of the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) to grant a license for the drilling of an exploratory well in the Foz do Amazonas basin.

The withdrawal decision entails an expense of R$ 3.4 million per day to maintain the non-local equipment. According to Petrobras, they are spending R$ 500 million only with the maintenance of the equipment hired to drill a few in the region.

After the license was denied, Petrobras still sent a request for reconsideration to Ibama with adjustments to the project, including an additional unit for the de-oiling of wildlife in the event of accidents and a contingency plan. Ibama has already alleged that the state did not present an environmental assessment of the sedimentary area (AAAS), a study that shows that the area is or is not suitable for oil and natural gas exploration due to two risks and associated environmental impacts.

Procured by CNN, the institute still has not responded to the expectation of evaluation of the request for reconsideration.

The discussion on the possibility of oil exploration in the Amazon was placed on opposite sides by the Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira, and the Minister of the Environment, Marina Silva.

According to Petrobras, due to the lack of answers, the probe will be displaced for projects installed in the Southeast region of the country.

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About 170 km from the coast of Amapá and at a depth of 2.8 km in the high seas, the Equatorial Marge is considered a provable new energy frontier, covering five basins in the high seas, between the Amapá and the Rio Grande do Norte. This region is an extension of basins on the coast of Guyana and Suriname, in which there are already 24 companies.

Petrobras considers that the investment in the Foz do Amazonas is necessary to assess the oil potential of the equatorial margin. An estimate is that the region has reserves of at least 30 billion neighborhoods, an amount that could revert to the curfew trend of oil production as of 2029, guaranteeing energy sovereignty.

Environmentalists criticize the project and consider that there are few studies that prove the safety of the venture. In an audience with the Chamber of Deputies, the representative of WWF Brazil Ricardo Fuji maintained that there is still no clear evidence that there are significant oil and gas reserves in the region, but, if so, alerted to future impacts on fishing activity and increased demand For services, besides two vazamento cliffs.