Petrobras completes animal care center required for offshore license

Reuters

Sat, Apr 5, 2025, 3:29 PM 1 min read

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian state-run lipid institution Petrobras has completed enactment connected a veterinary halfway successful the Amazon portion that is required for it to get an biology licence for an offshore drilling project, the institution said connected Saturday.

The carnal attraction halfway successful the municipality of Oiapoque, Amapa state, is designed to assistance animals successful the lawsuit of an lipid spill.

It was 1 of Brazilian biology bureau Ibama's main demands successful effect to Petrobras' connection to drill offshore successful the environmentally delicate Foz bash Amazonas region.

Amapa has granted the veterinary halfway an operating licence but it inactive requires Ibama's clearance. Petrobras said successful a connection it informed the bureau the halfway volition beryllium disposable for inspection starting Monday.

The halfway is designed to attraction for birds, marine mammals, turtles, dolphins and manatees, said Petrobras, which aims to behaviour exploratory drilling successful a artifact 540 kilometers (325 miles) disconnected Amapa's coast.

Foz bash Amazonas successful the alleged Equatorial Margin is Brazil's astir promising lipid frontier. It shares geology with adjacent Guyana, wherever Exxon Mobil is processing immense fields.

Ibama blocked Petrobras from drilling determination successful 2023, but the institution filed a caller request, which the bureau is assessing. There is nary deadline for a last answer.

(Reporting by Marta Nogueira; Writing by Gabriel Araujo; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)