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October 3, 2025

Is Petrobras Finally Moving Forward at Foz do Amazonas?

Brazil’s Petrobras recently secured approval from a key regulatory agency to proceed with plans to explore for oil and gas in offshore waters north of the Amazon River delta (pictured). // Photo: Coordenação-Geral de Observação da Terra/INPE via Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0.

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Natalie Unterstell, president of the Talanoa Institute in Rio de Janeiro and nonresident senior fellow at the Inter-American Dialogue’s Brazil Program: “Block 59 illustrates both Petrobras’ ambitions and Brazil’s dilemmas. For the company, the block represents a potential new frontier to sustain output and revenues into the 2030s. Officials argue that without new exploration, production would decline, affecting fiscal stability and jobs. But this rationale collides with global assessments. The UNEP Production Gap Report launched last month in New York shows governments plan to produce more than twice the fossil fuels that would be compatible with limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Within the top-20…”

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