Offshore oil exploration and production and Brazilian environmental legislation

Authors

  • Rodrigo Tostes de Alencar Mascarenhas Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Coimbra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/2182-2387_28_4

Keywords:

offshore oil exploration and production, pre-salt, Brazilian environmental law, environmental licensing, EIA-RIMA, liability for environmental damage, CCS and CDM

Abstract

The article addresses the relationship between Brazilian environmental legislation and offshore oil exploration and production activities. Following the discovery of new oil reserves located in ultra-deep waters, the entire body of petroleum law in Brazil has undergone significant changes. Thus, after a brief presentation of the rules governing oil activities in Brazil, the article analyses the environmental licensing of such activities, the liability systems for environmental damage — in their preventive, reparatory, and punitive dimensions — and concludes with a brief note on recent developments in the handling of carbon capture and storage (CCS) within the framework of the Clean Development Mechanism, and its possible application in Brazil.

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Published

2011-07-01

Issue

No. 28 (2011): Urbanism, Territorial Order and Environment Studies Center Law Review

Section

Doctrine

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Copyright (c) 2011 Rodrigo Tostes de Alencar Mascarenhas

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