Infrastructure Minister Tarcísio de Freitas said that oil and natural gas auctions could raise R$ 106 billion for the government.
The information was released during a breakfast with businessmen this Monday, June 24, in Rio de Janeiro. Freitas stated that two auctions of oil areas are already planned for this year. These being the 6th pre-salt auction and the onerous transfer surplus auction.
Despite being scheduled for 2019, the 16th ANP Bidding Round was not mentioned. According to Freitas, the government has already held 23 concession auctions up to April. This was one of the goals proposed by the government of Jair Bolsonaro.
The minister also pointed out that investment in infrastructure debentures has never been so high. According to the information provided by him, the government issued BRL 2,3 billion in infrastructure debentures this year. “We issued more debentures than last year. We issued debentures for R$ 5 billion in investments and R$ 2,3 billion were launched, already authorized”, said the engineer.
In addition, Freitas stated that he intends to extend the exemption from Income Tax on debentures to legal entities and foreigners, since only individuals have the exemption. According to the minister, the exemption can encourage this segment that has already been showing good results.
The federal government has postponed the date of the pre-salt oil mega-auction to November 6th. The date for the event was announced along with the public notice issued by the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP), in the Federal Official Gazette (DOU).
The forecast is that the pre-salt onerous assignment auction will yield BRL 106,5 billion to the Union. Before the postponement, the National Energy Policy Council (CNPE), had informed that the pre-salt oil auction would take place on October 28.
Exploration of 4 pre-salt blocks will yield R$1 trillion over the next 30 years
The resources, which will come from the collection of royalties (compensation paid by companies that explore oil) and taxes, will irrigate the coffers of the Union, states and municipalities. “It's R$ 1 trillion in 30 years of collection at the three levels. That's money and it has a multiplier effect,” said Albuquerque.
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