Rio de Janeiro – The secretary of Oil and Gas to the Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy, Marco Antônio Martins Almeida, has said this Monday (15th) that the 13th round of tenders for oil and natural gas exploration has been confirmed for the first half of next year.
The tender will cover onshore and deep water exploration but there are no forecasts as to disclosure of the sites.
According to Almeida, the areas to be tendered are being assessed by the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP, in the Portuguese acronym). The agency’s CEO Magda Chambriard said the ANP has been working on the auction for a long time, and that it has submitted its studies to the Ministry of Mines and Energy and the National Energy Policy Council.
The secretary said some of the areas are being assessed by the Brazilian Environment Institute (Ibama), and that they are “extremely interesting” and “attractive.”
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum