Escassez de dados oculta gravidade dos acidentes com petróleo nas Américas

This report by Zero Carbon Analytics examines the systemic lack of transparency and consistency in reporting oil-related accidents across the Americas. It highlights that while Brazil, Canada, and the United States are the only countries with regularly updated open databases, these records still contain significant gaps regarding ecological damage, human casualties, and responsible parties. The document emphasizes that this data scarcity obscures the true gravity of industrial risks, particularly in ecologically sensitive regions like the Amazon.

• There is a systemic pattern of risk across the American continent characterized by a lack of information, transparency, and consistency regarding oil accidents.
• Out of 35 countries in the Americas, only Brazil, Canada, and the United States—the region's largest producers and consumers—maintain open databases that are updated regularly.
• Public databases frequently omit critical metrics such as the extent of the accident, the specific type of ecological or property damage, and the loss of human life. Only Brazil identifies the company responsible for all incidents, while Canada only does so for pipeline accidents.
• Brazil possesses the most comprehensive dataset in the Americas, recording 22,261 oil-related incidents between 2012 and 2023, averaging 5.5 incidents per day. However, the data is marred by inconsistencies, such as missing incident dates in over 10% of cases and a lack of units of measurement for spilled volumes.
• In Mexico, official records from the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) likely underreport accidents. An investigation into the Gulf of Mexico found that approximately 60% of oil spills detected via satellite between January 2018 and July 2024 were not reported by the responsible companies.
• The Amazon region is highly vulnerable to oil infrastructure risks. In the Peruvian Amazon, roughly 474 spills were recorded between 2000 and 2019. In Ecuador, the SOTE pipeline recorded 65 incidents between 1972 and 2019, spilling approximately 730,000 barrels of oil, often due to landslides and erosion.
• Oil accidents in the Americas often have transboundary impacts, affecting shared ecosystems such as the Caribbean Sea, the Amazon Basin, and the Gulf of Mexico.

APA

Ribeiro, R. (2025). Escassez de dados oculta gravidade dos acidentes com petróleo nas Américas. Zero Carbon Analytics. https://zerocarbon-analytics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-11_ZCA_Escassez-de-dados-oculta-gravidade-dos-acidentes-com-petroleo-nas-Americas.docx.pdf

Chicago

Ribeiro, Renata. Escassez de dados oculta gravidade dos acidentes com petróleo nas Américas. Zero Carbon Analytics, 2025. https://zerocarbon-analytics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-11_ZCA_Escassez-de-dados-oculta-gravidade-dos-acidentes-com-petroleo-nas-Americas.docx.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{ribeiro2025escassez, author = {Ribeiro, Renata}, title = {{Escassez de dados oculta gravidade dos acidentes com petróleo nas Américas}}, institution = {Zero Carbon Analytics}, year = {2025}, month = nov, url = {https://zerocarbon-analytics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-11_ZCA_Escassez-de-dados-oculta-gravidade-dos-acidentes-com-petroleo-nas-Americas.docx.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }