The Plenary of the House of Representatives approved last night (Oct. 5) by 292 votes to 101, the bill that exempts Petrobras to be the operator of all the pre-salt exploration blocks in the production sharing regime (PL 4567/16 , Senate). Remain to be analyzed highlights the text, which should take place next week.

For hours, the opposition blocked the work to be against the loosening of the rule on the grounds that this will pave the way for future privatization of Petrobras and loss of EU revenue.

Law 12,351 / 10 establishing the sharing scheme and provides Petrobras' participation in all the blocks of exploration consortiums bid in the pre-salt area with a minimum of 30% and operator of.

The operator is responsible for conducting the direct or indirect implementation of all activities of exploration, evaluation, development, production and decommissioning of facilities.