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Petrorecôncavo Acquired Onshore Block in Potiguar Basin Last Friday (12/04)

Written by Flavia Marinho
Published on 07/12/2020 at 14:05
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Petrorecôncavo Acquired Onshore Block in the Potiguar Basin for R$ 75 Thousand. Petroborn Bought an Onshore Block in the Tucano Basin for R$ 50 Thousand.

The Potiguar Basin only attracted interest from the oil company PetroRecôncavo during the public session of the Permanent Offer. The company offered a signing bonus of R$ 75 thousand for the onshore oil field in the area (POT-T-702). Looking for a job? Offshore contractor in Macaé is hiring today (12/07) for the positions of Platform Assistant and Painter

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Summary of the Permanent Offer

The Second Cycle of the Permanent Offer Auctioned 14 Sectors of Exploration Blocks from Nine Basins: Santos, Espírito Santo, Campos, Paraná, Amazonas, Recôncavo, Sergipe-Alagoas, Potiguar, and Tucano. Additionally, the ANP is offering two sectors of areas with marginal accumulations from the Solimões and Recôncavo basins. In total, 63 oil companies registered to participate in the bidding process.

Only 17 of the 327 oil exploration blocks offered last Friday, the 4th, were sold.

Bento Albuquerque, Minister of Mines and Energy (MME), celebrated the result, even though it was not significant considering that the majority of the blocks offered were onshore, which ensures the internalization of the oil industry in areas that were previously explored only by Petrobras.

The 2nd Cycle of the Permanent Offer raised R$ 56.6 million, more than double the amount obtained in the 1st Cycle in 2019. The seven oil companies that participated in the auction committed to invest R$ 157 million in the acquired blocks.

Eneva, which already explores oil fields in Maranhão and Amazonas, acquired 7 exploratory blocks in the Amazonas and Paraná Basins and the Juruá field in the Solimões Basin.

Another 7 onshore blocks in Espírito Santo were acquired by the consortium of the oil companies Imetame and EnP for R$ 50 thousand each.

Petroborn acquired the onshore block TUC-T-172 for R$ 50 thousand. This was the only bid for an area in the Tucano Basin.

The auction was hybrid, both virtual and in-person, with access allowed only to authorities and employees of the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP), which was responsible for the bidding.

At the end of the auction, Shell acquired an offshore oil block in the Campos Basin for R$ 12.05 million, making it the second-largest bid of the offer.

“We have a new scenario of onshore (land blocks) in the country, which brings investments to the interior of the states that will generate jobs and revenue. Shell has expanded its offshore portfolio (sea blocks), and Paraná will drive the new gas market”, celebrated ANP Director-General Raphael Moura.

According to the Minister of Mines and Energy, the success of the auction demonstrates Brazil’s attractiveness in the oil and gas sector. He stated that in 2021, the government would hold new bidding rounds. “For the upcoming rounds, the analysis starts today, and in a short period, at the beginning of 2021, we will present our considerations and the planning for 2021 and the coming years”, said Albuquerque.

Flavia Marinho

Flavia Marinho é Engenheira pós-graduada, com vasta experiência na indústria de construção naval onshore e offshore. Nos últimos anos, tem se dedicado a escrever artigos para sites de notícias nas áreas militar, segurança, indústria, petróleo e gás, energia, construção naval, geopolítica, empregos e cursos. Entre em contato com flaviacamil@gmail.com ou WhatsApp +55 21 973996379 para correções, sugestão de pauta, divulgação de vagas de emprego ou proposta de publicidade em nosso portal.

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