Brazil announces new oil and gas bidding rounds for 2018

The Brazilian National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) has announced the holding of the 15^th Round of Bids for Exploratory Blocks under the concession regime for March 2018 along with the 4^th Round of Bids under the system of production sharing contracts (PSCs) for June 2018.



The 4^th licensing round (PSCs) will offer the Três Marias, Dois Irmãos, Uirapuru, Saturno and Itaimbezinho offshore blocks. All of them are located in the Campos and Santos basins, within the Pre-salt Polygon. The results of the last licensing rounds (2^nd and 3^rd) were announced in October 2017. Six 35-year long PSCs were awarded of which three under the framework of the 2^nd Production Sharing Bidding Round (Santos Basin) and three as per the 3^rd Production Sharing Bidding Round (Santos and Campos Basins). The selected companies included Shell, Statoil, ExxonMobil, Petrobras and BP.



The 15^th licensing round for exploration blocks (concessions) will offer 70 offshore blocks, of which 49 will be located in the offshore basins of Campos, Santos, Ceará, Potiguar and Sergipe-Alagoas (including two blocks adjacent to Saturn) along with 21 onshore blocks in the terrestrial basins of Paraná and Parnaíba. The last round (14^th) was closed in September 2017 and a total of 37 blocks were awarded. The total area awarded during the tender was 25,011 km² and the acquired blocks are distributed in 16 sectors among eight sedimentary basins: Parnaíba, Potiguar, Santos, Recôncavo, Paraná, Espírito Santo, Sergipe-Alagoas and Campos.



Mapa da 4ª Rodada de Licitações de Partilha da Produção - Pré-sal:



Source: ANP



Mapa da 15ª Rodada de Licitações de Blocos Exploratórios:



Source: ANP