The ANP published last Friday (July 20) the announcement and the models of contracts of the Permanent Offer. The documents, which have passed through public consultation and hearing, are available on the Rounds Site.

The Permanent Offer consists of the continuous supply of fields returned (or in the process of being returned) and of exploratory blocks offered in previous tenders and not collected or returned to the agency.

There were selected for the first step 884 blocks in sedimentary basins 14 and 14 with marginal areas accumulations, with about 80% in terrestrial basins and 20% by sea basin.

Of the 884 blocks, 148 are already available, with the publication of the public notice, for expressions of interest of companies.

These 148 blocks comply with CNPE Resolution 17/2017, which determines that the areas offered in the bidding rounds promoted by the ANP should be previously analyzed for environmental feasibility by the state environmental agencies and by the Interinstitutional Working Group on Exploration and Production of Oil and Gas (GTPEG) and has already been the subject of authorizations by CNPE in previous tenders.

As the other opinions are issued, the rest of the areas will be included in the edict, after a new public hearing to evaluate the additive. The same procedure will be adopted for the withdrawal of the edict of areas that have been later sold.