ANP announces the entry of five more oil companies in the Permanent Sharing Offer of pre-salt oil blocks in the country

Aiming to expand investments and new projects in the national oil and gas sector, five new oil companies have signed up for the permanent offer to share pre-salt blocks in the country, according to the ANP.

Last Friday (02/09), the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) announced the registration of five new oil companies in the auction of the Permanent Sharing Offer of the national oil blocks in the pre-salt regions . Ecopetrol, Equinor, Qatar Petroleum (QPI), Sinopec and Petrogal will participate in the concession process for new investments in the production of fuels in the national territory, boosting the oil and natural gas sector. 

Oil companies Ecopetrol, Equinor, Qatar Petroleum (QPI), Sinopec and Petrogal join the permanent offer to share the pre-salt oil blocks after approval by the ANP 

The permanent offer auction for the sharing of oil blocks in the Brazilian pre-salt regions has just become even more complete, with the arrival of the oil companies Ecopetrol, Equinor, Qatar Petroleum (QPI), Sinopec and Petrogal in the bidding process for the area concession.

At the end of this week, the ANP announced the registration of new companies in the process and expects great results in terms of investments in fuel exploration in the country. 

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The companies Ecopetrol, Equinor, Qatar Petroleum (QPI), Sinopec and Petrogal managed to enter the permanent sharing offer process after the approval of the Special Tender Commission (CEL) of the ANP this week.

Now, the auction for the concession of pre-salt oil blocks for the production and exploitation of resources will feature the new players, in addition to the companies already registered. They are BP, Shell, Chevron, CNODC, CNOOC, Petrobras, Petronas and TotalEnergies, which had previously been qualified by the agency. 

The public session for the presentation of proposals for the first cycle of the permanent pre-salt sharing offer was scheduled by the ANP for December 16 and will bring together the largest companies in the national oil and gas sector.

In addition, this will be the first time that pre-salt areas will be offered in this modality. Until then, only areas tendered under the concession regime were included in the permanent offer. This will also be the last concession of pre-salt blocks carried out during the government of the current president of the republic, Jair Bolsonaro. 

The 12 pre-salt oil blocks that will be available in the permanent sharing offer add up to R$ 1,2 billion in signing bonuses, according to the ANP 

In order to carry out the first cycle of the permanent offer to share the pre-salt areas in the national territory, the blocks of Esmeralda, Sudoeste de Sagitário, Bumerangue, Tupinambá, Cruzeiro do Sul, Ágata, Jade, Itaimbezinho, Água Marinha, Norte of Brava, Tourmaline and Amethyst, which was recently included by the ANP in the process grant.

In addition, the agency stated that, together, the assets add up to R$ 1,28 billion in signing bonuses, guaranteeing good expectations for the auction. 

Petrobras is already eyeing the purchase of blocks for fuel exploration and exercised its preemptive right with the purchase of a minimum stake of 30% in Água Marinha and Norte de Brava, in the Campos Basin.

Although specialists in the oil and gas sector expect moderate competition in the auction, the event will still bring strong results and investments to the sector in the national territory. 

Discover the Permanent Sharing Offer

The Permanent Offer is an on-demand bidding mechanism: the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) offers the market a menu of assets that are permanently available for oil companies to express interest at any time. Once the interest is declared, the assets go to auction.