RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's state-controlled oil and gas giant Petrobras has concluded that the oil polluting over 100 beaches in Brazil's northeastern coast originates from Venezuela, said local media on Tuesday.
After a one-month analysis of samples from the oil, Petrobras found that the oil is not of any type produced, transported or sold in Brazil, but a blend of Venezuelan oil.
Petrobras CEO Roberto Castello Branco called the oil spill "something extraordinary," ruling out a tanker cleaning operation as the possible cause due to the amount of crude collected.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday that there is a country "in the government's radar" as the probable origin of the oil, but did not specify the name of the country.
Earlier on Tuesday, he reaffirmed his stance but still did not name Venezuela or any other country as the source.
Within a month, 140 beaches in northeastern Brazil were affected by an oil spill. Brazilian authorities have collected over 100 tons of oil from the beaches, and investigated ships recently passing Brazil's northeastern coast.
