Auction of the 16th round of the ANP receives 5 more interested companies and equals the number of participants of the last round
The ANP's 16th bidding round auction has its subscribers closed. The agency has just registered another 5 oil companies and ended the registration phase with the same number of participants as in the 15th round, held last year.
The new entrants are Enauta, Murphy Oil, Petrogal, Petronas and Whintershall DEA, bringing the total number of entrants to 17. Petrobras starts selling onshore fields in Amazonas!
The 16th ANP bidding round is scheduled to take place on October 10 and will offer exploratory areas in 36 blocks in seven sectors of five marine sedimentary basins: Pernambuco-Paraíba, Jacuípe, Camamu-Almada, Campos and Santos, totaling 29,3 thousand km² of area.
The areas, located in the Campos and Santos basin, have already been mapped by the ANP, which defined Nemo as the largest lead in the 16th round, with an unrisked volume of 6,87 billion bbl (P50).
The Sum of VOIP (volume of oil in place) P50 not crossed out for the opportunities is approximately 36 billion bbl.
The companies have until September 26 to present the offer guarantees and the ANP expects that the contracts arising from the acquisitions will be signed in February 2020.
See the list of the 17 registered oil companies
BP Energy do Brasil Ltda.
Chevron Brazil Oil and Gas Ltd.
CNOOC Petroleum Brasil Ltda.
Ecopetrol Oil and Gas of Brazil Ltda.
Equinor Brasil Energia Ltda.
Exxonmobil Exploração Brasil Ltda.
Karoon Petroleum and Gas Ltd.
Petroleo Brasileiro SA – Petrobras
QPI Brasil Petróleo Ltda.
Repsol Exploração Brasil Ltda.
Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda.
Total E&P do Brasil Ltda.
Enaut.
Murphy Oil.
Petrogal.
Petronas.
Whintershall DEA.
