So what can you tell us about this exploratory drilling project?

关于这个勘探钻探项目，你能告诉我们什么信息呢？

The agency denied Petrobras' first proposal to do exploratory drilling last year over environmental worries.

去年，出于对环境的担忧，该机构拒绝了巴西国家石油公司首次提出的进行勘探钻探的提议。

So the state-controlled oil company Petrobras has applied for permission to do some exploratory drilling off the coast of the Amazon.

国有石油公司巴西国家石油公司已经申请在亚马逊海岸进行一些勘探钻探的许可。