The Minister of Mines and Energy, Eduardo Braga, and representatives of the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) and Petrobras, will be in Houston (Texas), participating in the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), the leading industry event in the world. In addition to prestige Petrobras, which will be awarded for technologies developed to explore the pre-salt, the minister will seek to attract investors for the new phase of the oil industry in Brazil.

"Brazil is a good investment opportunity for both oil companies and for their suppliers . These opportunities are in various areas, not only in the pre-salt area. Here, companies can count on stable rules, with a strong and active regulator, and political and social stability, "anticipated Braga.

In a speech to be pronounced on Monday, Braga will announce the information on the 13th bidding round of oil fields off the pre-salt. The auction, scheduled for the last quarter of this year, shall have 269 blocks in ten different basins. The details of the round will be subsequently released by the ANP.