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GO WITH AFP STORY BY ANELLA RETA The 650-kilometer-long gas pipeline between the Urucu oilfield and Manaus, crosses the Amazon rain forest, 650 Km southeast of Manaus in the Amazon, Brazil, October 26, 2009. Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras extracts 50 thousand barrels of oil and 10 million cubic meters of gas per day to supply the needs of Brazil's northern and northeastern regions. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/Getty Images)

GO WITH AFP STORY BY ANELLA RETA  The 650-kilometer-long gas pipeline between the Urucu oilfield and Manaus, crosses the Amazon rain forest, 650 Km southeast of Manaus in the Amazon, Brazil, October 26, 2009. Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras extracts 50 thousand barrels of oil and 10 million cubic meters of gas per day to supply the needs of Brazil's northern and northeastern regions. AFP PHOTO/Antonio SCORZA (Photo credit should read ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/Getty Images)