By Lisandra Paraguassu and Marta Nogueira
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s environmental regulator Ibama has asked oil company Petrobras for additional information on its plan to drill at the mouth of the Amazon river before authorizing a long-awaited emergency test, the agency’s president Rodrigo Agostinho told Reuters.
The request frustrated the hopes of Petrobras to start the drilling test soon, as early as this week, a source close to the company said on Monday.
The mouth of the Amazon is seen by Petrobras as the newest and most important frontier for oil exploration in Brazil and the company planned the test to assess how prepared it is to act in the event of a major spill there.
(Reporting by Lisandra Paraguassu and Marta Nogueira; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
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