Brazil: permit for drilling in Amazon River estuary denied
Brazil's Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) has denied oil company Petrobras permission to drill for oil off the coast of Amapá. Petrobras was only waiting for this authorization to begin test drilling in the Foz do Amazonas basin, about 175 kilometers off the coast of Amapá. Ibama's technical division had already issued […]