New data highlight Peru’s growing oil and gas footprint in the Amazon

Mongabay
Jan 30, 2026, 6:31 pm347 ptsTrendingTop
Peru has the most oil and gas projects heading into production in the Amazon, according to a new data set published by the Stockholm Environment Institute. At 85 blocks in pre-production in the rainforest, that’s more than the 68 in Colombia and 53 in Brazil. Peru has 173 oil and gas lease blocks in total,…

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