Petrorecôncavo acquired an onshore block in the Potiguar basin for BRL 75. Petroborn, on the other hand, bought, for BRL 50, a block in the Tucano basin (AM).
The Potiguar Basin only aroused interest from the oil company PetroRecôncavo, during the public session of the Permanent Offer. The company offered a BRL 75 signing bonus on the onshore oil field in the area (POT-T-702). Looking for a job? Offshore contractor in Macaé hires today (07/12) for Platform Assistant and Painter
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Summary of the Permanent Offer
The Second Permanent Offer Cycle offered 14 sectors of exploratory blocks in nine basins: Santos, Espírito Santo, Campos, Paraná, Amazonas, Recôncavo, Sergipe-Alagoas, Potiguar and Tucano. In addition, the ANP is offering two sectors of areas with marginal accumulations in the Solimões and Recôncavo basins. In all, 63 oil companies signed up to participate in the dispute.
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, although it was not expressive since the vast majority of blocks offered were onshore, which guarantees the interiorization of the oil industry in places that were previously explored only by Petrobras.
The 2nd Permanent Bid Cycle raised BRL 56,6 million, more than double what was obtained in the 1st Cycle, in 2019. The seven oil companies that participated in the auction committed to investing BRL 157 million in the blocks acquired.
Eneva, which already explores oil fields in Maranhão and Amazonas, won 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 sold by the consortium of oil companies Imetame and EnP for R$ 50 each.
Petroborn won the onshore block TUC-T-172 for BRL 50. This was the only bid for an area in the Tucano Basin.
The auction was hybrid, virtual and face-to-face, with access only allowed to authorities and employees of the National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP), responsible for the event.
At the end of the auction, the oil company Shell, acquired an offshore oil block in the Campos Basin for R$ 12,05 million, being the second highest bidder in the offer.
“We have a new onshore scenario (blocks on land) in the country, which takes investments to the interior of the States that will generate jobs and revenue. Shell expanded its offshore portfolio (sea blocks) and Paraná will boost the new gas market”, celebrated ANP director general Raphael Moura.
According to the Minister of Mines and Energy, the success of the auction shows Brazil's attractiveness in the oil and gas sector. He said that, in 2021, the government should hold new rounds. “For the next rounds, the analysis starts today, and in a short period of time, in early 2021, we will present our considerations and present the planning for 2021 and years to come”, he said. Albuquerque.
