Tag: Amazon

GTT: LNG solution for the Amazon

French marine engineering company GTT is seeking a partnership with Brazil's HRT Participações and federal energy major Petrobras to monetize natural gas produced in remote Amazon fields. According to GTT, LNG provides the ideal solution for Brazil's gas logistics problems amid rising demand from thermoelectric power plants.

Brazil approves Belo Monte Power Dam

The Brazilian environment agency Ibama has approved the construction of the Belo Monte power dam in the Amazon.  The project has been subject to controversy among natives and other conservationists.