The ANP held on Tuesday (11/9), in Rio de Janeiro, the first stage of signing contracts related to the 15th Round of Bids, held in March this year. Present at the ceremony were directors of the ANP and the executive secretary of the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME), Márcio Félix, as well as representatives of the companies.

Altogether, ten contracts, of five companies, were signed: Equinor Brasil Energia Ltda .; ExxonMobil Exploração Brasil Ltda .; Petróleo Brasileiro S.A; QPI Brasil Petróleo Ltda .; and Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda. These companies requested advance notice of the signing of the contracts, choosing to present the documentation and pay the subscription bonus in advance.

The announcement of the 15th Round provides for the delivery of the signature documents until September 28 and signature until November 30. The other contracts will be signed in November / 2018, as foreseen in the announcement.

With the anticipation, of the total of R $ 8.01 billion offered in the round, R $ 7.04 billion have already been collected.

In the 15th Round of Bids, in the concession model, 22 blocks were sold by 12 bidders.

See the blocks that were signed on 9/11: 

Basin: Campos 

Sector: SC-AP5 

Block: C-M-657 

Bidders (* operator): Petrobras (30%) *; Equinor Brazil (30%); ExxonMobil Brazil (40%) 

Bonus (R$): 2,128,500,000.00

Basin: Campos 

Sector: SC-AP5 

Block: C-M-709 

Bidders (* operator): Petrobras (40%) *; Equinor Brazil (20%); ExxonMobil Brazil (40%) 

Bonus: 1,500,000,000.00

Basin: Campos 

Sector: SC-AP5 

Block: C-M-753 

Bidders (* operator): ExxonMobil Brazil (40%) *; Petrobras (30%); QPI Brazil (30%) 

Bonus (R$): 330,000,000.00

Basin: Campos 

Sector: SC-AP5 

Block : C-M-789 

Bidders (* operator): ExxonMobil Brazil (40%) *; Petrobras (30%); QPI Brazil (30%) 

Bonus (R$): 2,824,800,000.00

Basin: Potiguar 

Sector: SPOT-AP1 

Block: POT-M-762 

Bidders (* operator): Petrobras (100%) * 

Bonus (R$): 5,134,684.33

Basin: Potiguar 

Sector: SPOT-AP2 

Block: POT-M-859 

Bidders (* operator): Petrobras (60%) *; Shell Brazil (40%) 

Bonus (R$): 13,494,981.55

Basin: Potiguar 

Sector: SPOT-AP2 

Block: POT-M-948 

Bidders (* operator): Shell Brazil (100%) * 

Bonus (R$): 1,963,358.55

Basin: Potiguar 

Sector: SPOT-AP2 

Block: POT-M-952 

Bidders (* operator): Petrobras (60%) *; Shell Brazil (40%) 

Bonus (R$): 20,051,365.75

Basin: Santos

Sector: SS-AUP1

Block: S-M-536

Bidders (* operator): ExxonMobil Brazil (64%) *; QPI Brazil (36%)

Bonus (R$): 165,000,000.00

Basin: Santos

Sector: SS-AUP1

Block: S-M-647

Bidders (* operator): ExxonMobil Brazil (64%) *; QPI Brazil (36%)

Bonus (R$): 49,500,000.00