US
supermajor
ConocoPhillips
has
decided
to
quit
two
blocks
in
Peru’s
Maranon
Basin
where
conservation
areas
were
declared
over
part
of
the
acreage
after
the
licences
were
awarded.
The
move
comes
just
weeks
after
Canada’s
Talisman
Energy
said
it
would
quit
the
same
blocks
and
two
others
in
a
move
to
exit
Peru
altogether,
while
insisting
environmental
and
community
concerns
were
not
behind
the
decision.
Pressure
group
Amazon
Watch
claimed
that
Talisman
Energy
did
not
have
the
support
of
indigenous
communities
at
its
operated
Block
64,
which
the
company
denies.
ConocoPhillips
plans
to
transfer
its
45%
operatorship…
