“The Petrobras P-57 platform, which was installed last year, pumps oil from the Jubarte field, Brazil, which is part of a larger oil-producing area known as the Whales Park because the fields are all named after different types of whales.” Photo source: ©© Samyra Serin
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An oil spill was discovered off Brazil’s coast near the country’s Espirito Santo state, Brazil’s Navy said on Thursday, the latest in a series of spills that have raised questions about the safety of a massive expansion of the country’s offshore oil production capacity…
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Brazil probes oil leak reports, finds nothing, Reuters
“…all its control systems on production and drilling units off the coast of Espirito Santo state are operating within the parameters of normality,” said Petrobas.
Chevron Suspends Brazil Oil Output Following New Spill
The US oil company Chevron has temporarily halted production operations off southeastern Brazil, after a fresh oil leak was discovered. It has detected what it calls a “small new seepage” of oil on the seabed close to a well in the Frade field, where there was a major leak in 2011…
