19/06/2024 – 13:05
The Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira, once again called for speed in the Ibama licensing process for oil exploration in deep waters in the Equatorial Margin, specifically the drilling of block FZA-M-59, approximately 500 km from the mouth of the Amazon river. The position was made in participation during a hearing at the Mines and Energy Commission.
The general coordinator of climate change at the Ministry of the Environment (MMA), Thiago Longo, has already said that a decision by Ibama should not happen before the 2025 United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP30), scheduled for November 2025, in Belém.
“We have to move forward and have a diagnosis (about exploration in the Equatorial Margin)”, he assessed. “Oil is still a fundamental energy source, in Brazil in particular,” she added.
The minister also mentioned again that Petrobras “must always” be attractive to national and international investors, as well as having “independent and transparent governance”.
In another public speech, last week, Silveira declared that the government is “aware” that resources from investors “give breath” to the company and enable investments defended by the Executive.
At this Wednesday morning’s hearing, he declared that Brazilians “have already paid”, through subsidies embedded in the electricity bill, for the country’s leading role in the energy transition. Now the effort, according to him, would be “to equalize as much as possible to have a fair tariff in Brazil”.
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