ANP Auction Is Happening Today, Tuesday, September 10, and the Consortium Formed by Exxon, Enauta, and Murphy Has Already Spent R$ 7.8 Million.
The first exploratory blocks in the ANP’s Permanent Offering auction, which is taking place today (10) in Rio de Janeiro, have already been sold. Speaking of the auction, ANP publishes the notice for the Mega Auction of onerous assignment and shakes up the market.
The consortium formed by ExxonMobil (50% and operation), Enauta (30%), and Murphy (20%) has just acquired the blocks SEAL-M-505, SEAL-M-575, and SEAL-M-637, and the total amount paid reached R$ 7.8 million.
For the block SEAL-M-575, the bid was R$ 3.1 million, for the block SEAL-M-505, the consortium paid R$ 2.7 million, and for SEAL-M-637, the bid amount was R$ 2 million.
The areas are part of the block SSEAL-AUP2 in the Sergipe Basin and are being offered by ANP as part of the first round of the Permanent Offering.
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The auction organized by ANP is taking place today (09/10) in downtown Rio de Janeiro, and 47 interested companies are participating.
In total, ANP is selling 73 exploratory blocks located in the Parnaíba, Potiguar, Recôncavo (onshore), Sergipe-Alagoas (onshore and offshore), and Campos (offshore) basins.
In addition to these blocks, there are 14 areas with marginal accumulations in the Espírito Santo, Potiguar, Recôncavo, and Sergipe-Alagoas (onshore) basins.
So far, the blocks from the SC-AR4 sector in the Campos Basin, and SSEAL-AP1 and SSEAL-T3 in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin have not received bids.
The Auction
According to Article 4 of CNPE Resolution No. 17, dated June 8, 2017, the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) approved the process for the permanent offering of areas.
The permanent offering process consists of the continuous offering of returned fields (or in the process of being returned) and exploratory blocks offered in previous bids that were not sold or returned to the agency.
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