Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras said on Wednesday it will file this week an appeal against environmental agency Ibama's decision of blocking it from drilling a well at the mouth of the Amazon river.
within President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's camp between those who want to prioritize protecting the environment and those who want to use Petrobras to drive much-needed growth.to believe that offshore oil exploration in the Amazon basin would cause environment damage because it would take place miles away from the rainforest, but added that if the drilling posed a problem for the Amazon it would certainly not happen.
Silva said after the meeting that political pressure would not lead the agency to reverse its decision, which was based on "technical criteria," but Agostinho left the door open for Petrobras to file new requests. "The company will commit to expand a fauna stabilization base in the city of Oiapoque in addition to a base already built in Belem, so that in the remote possibility of an oil spilling assistance to the fauna can be carried out in both locations," the oil giant said.
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