Petrobras
“…a fossil fuel exploration enterprise encroached in the heart of the rainforest.”

By Edge of Humanity Magazine, January 21, 2022

The processing plant of natural gas of Urucu in the state of Amazonas, Brazil

Visual Storyteller Antonio Mari is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From the project ‘Gas Drilling in the Amazon’. To see Antonio’s body of work, click on any image.

A view of the town of Coari with the statue imitating the Corcovado monument in Rio

Tipical Ribeirinhos dwellings in the town of Coari.
River people fishermen homes,boat houses

The processing plant of natural gas of Urucu in the state of Amazonas, Brazil

A Petrobras engineer checking the fire extinguisher

Near the town of Coari in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest some 400 miles up the Solimões River from the capital city of Manaus, sits the Petrobras’ natural gas extraction plant of Urucu. It resembles a scab on the face of one of the most pristine pieces of land on earth. These images remind us of how fragile mother nature is and how scary it is to see a fossil fuel exploration enterprise encroached in the heart of the rainforest.

The processing plant of natural gas of Urucu in the state of Amazonas, Brazil

Two kids and a mooring pole in their home’s porch in the town of Coari state of Amazonas

Typical “caboclos” (part Indian part western) and “cafusos” (part Indian part black) who inhabit the banks of the rivers in the Amazon basin. In the back a tanker filled with natural gas leave the port of Coari bound for Manaus.