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Brazil's Petrobras announces signs of oil discovered off Amazon region's coast

Published: 15 Aug 2026 - 11:47 am | Last Updated: 15 Aug 2026 - 11:48 am
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Brazilian oil giant Petrobras announced Friday it had detected signs of oil off the coast of the country's Amazon region in an exploration project.

"Petrobras has identified the presence of hydrocarbons in an exploratory well currently being drilled" about 175 kilometers off the coast of northern Brazil's Amapa state, the company said.

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