• A drone view shows volunteers removing crude oil spilled at the Pocas beach, municipality of Conde, Bahia state, Brazil, Sunday. Large blobs of oil staining more than 130 beaches in northeastern Brazil began appearing in early September and have now turned up along a 2,000-km stretch of the Atlantic coastline. The source of the patches remains a mystery despite President Jair Bolsonaro's assertions they came from outside the country and were possibly the work of criminals. | AFP-JIJI
    A drone view shows volunteers removing crude oil spilled at the Pocas beach, municipality of Conde, Bahia state, Brazil, Sunday. Large blobs of oil staining more than 130 beaches in northeastern Brazil began appearing in early September and have now turned up along a 2,000-km stretch of the Atlantic coastline. The source of the patches remains a mystery despite President Jair Bolsonaro's assertions they came from outside the country and were possibly the work of criminals. | AFP-JIJI

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RIO DE JANEIRO – Oil slicks washing up on beaches along more than 2,000 km (1,240 miles) of Brazil’s northeast coastline could be the worst environmental “attack” in the country’s history, the chief executive of state-run oil giant Petrobras said on Tuesday.

Speaking at an event in Rio de Janeiro, Roberto Castello Branco said Petrobras continues to work with the navy to tackle the spill and is “doing its part,” analyzing the oil collected from beaches and helping mitigate the damage.

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