- Title: Oil spill blights Brazil's golden beaches
- Date: 27th September 2019
- Summary: CABO DE SANTO AGOSTINHO, PERNAMBUCO, BRAZIL (SEPTEMBER 27, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF OIL STAINS ON SAND VARIOUS OF JELLY FISH WASHED UP ON SAND NEAR BLOT OF OIL VARIOUS OF BLOT OF OIL ON FOOT OF BEACHGOER VARIOUS OF BLOT OF OIL ON SAND NEAR BEACHGOERS MAN ON BEACH AT SUNRISE
- Embargoed: 11th October 2019 19:08
- Keywords: oil spill Brazil beaches northeast Cabo de Santo Agostinho Pernambuco
- Location: CABO DE SANTO AGOSTINHO, PERNAMBUCO, BRAZIL
- City: CABO DE SANTO AGOSTINHO, PERNAMBUCO, BRAZIL
- Country: Brazil
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Sea Accidents,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA001AYFNOSN
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: An oil spill blackened sand along Brazil's golden northeastern beaches on Friday (September 27).
Reports of the oil spill emerged on Thursday (September 26). Brazil's environmental agency Ibama has reported that an analysis of a vast oil spill along the country's northeastern beaches showed the spilled crude did not originate in the country.
Ibama said in a statement that it had been investigating the spill in several beaches in some northeastern states since Sept. 2.
The spill spans over 1,500 kilometers (932 miles) of Brazil's northeast coast, affecting wildlife and polluting some of the postcard beaches in one of the nation's top touristic destinations
Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA said in a statement that it had concluded after a molecular analysis of the oil that the crude spilled was not produced nor sold by the company.
An official from Brazil's oil agency ANP Decio Oddone said the agency believes the oil could have been spilled by a tanker transporting the crude far from the Brazilian coast, but added this possibility has not yet been confirmed yet. An ANP statement said there were no reports of spills by any operator of oil drilling rigs in the country.
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