ANP approved (8/24) over 22 applications from international companies for the 13th bid round. Total registered so far is 34 companies, considering the 12 approved last week. On the 28th, date of the next meeting of the Special Tender Committee of the 13th. round, will be analyzed other subscription requests. In all, they analyzed requests from 39 companies that paid the participation fee.

The 34 enrolled met all the requirements of section 4 of the notice and are able to participate in the bidding. In this round, unlike previous ones, the qualification process will only be made to the winning companies.

The list of 22 companies with inscription approved (8/24) was published in yesterday’s edition (8/25) of the Official Gazette (DOU).

The complete list of the registered firms is available at: http://www.brasil-rounds.gov.br/round_13/portugues_R13/inscricaon.asp

Companies with inscription approved in 8/24:

1 - Anadarko Exploração e Produção Petróleo e Gás Natural Ltda.

2 - BP Energy do Brasil Ltda.

3 - BPMB Parnaíba S.A.

4 - Ecopetrol S.A.

5 - ExxonMobil Exploração Brasil Ltda.

6 - Geopar - Geosol Participações S/A

7 - Geopark Brasil Exploração e Produção de Petróleo e Gás Ltda.

8 - Mitsui E&P Brasil Ltda.

9 - Oil M&S Perfurações Brasil Ltda.

10 - Parnaíba Participações S.A.

11 - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.

12 - PetroRecôncavo S.A.

13 - Petrosynergy Ltda.

14 - Phoenix Empreendimentos Ltda.

15 - Queiroz Galvão Exploração e Produção S.A.

16 - Rosneft Brasil E&P Ltda.

17 - Statoil Brasil Óleo e Gás Ltda.

18 - Tek Óleo e Gás Ltda.

19 - Total E&P do Brasil Ltda.

20 - TSL - Engenharia, Manutenção e Preservação Ambiental S.A.

21 - UTC Exploração e Produção S.A.

22 - Vipetro Petróleo S.A.