The ANP's Special Bid Committee (CEL) analyzed yesterday the requests of companies that expressed interest and requested qualification in the 2 nd and 3 rd Pre-Salt Rounds.

All companies qualified for the 2nd Round are also qualified for the 3rd. Of those approved yesterday, 10 are of foreign origin and only one, Petronas, does not yet have a contract for exploration and production of oil and natural gas in Brazil.

Companies qualified for the 2nd Round of the Pre-salt:

1 -ExxonMobil Exploração Brasil Ltda.- Qualified (Operator A) - United States

2 - Petrogal Brasil S.A. - Qualified (Non-Operative) - Portugal

3 - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.- Qualified (Operator A) - Brazil

4 - Petronas Carigali SDN BHD - Qualified (Operator A) - Malaysia

5 - Repsol Sinopec Brazil S.A. - Qualified (Operator A) - Spain

6 - Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda.- Qualified (Operator A) - United Kingdom

7 - Statoil Brasil Oil and Gas Ltda.- Qualified (Operator A) - Norway

8 - Total E & P do Brasil Ltda.- Qualified (Operator A) - France

Companies qualified for the 3rd Round of the Pre-salt:

1- BP Energy do Brasil Ltda.- Qualified (Operator A) - United Kingdom

2 - CNODC Brasil Petróleo e Gás Ltda.- Qualified(Non-Operative) - China

3 - ExxonMobil Exploração Brasil Ltda.- Qualified (Operator A) - United States

4 - Petrogal Brasil S.A. - Qualified (Non-Operative) - Portugal

5 - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.- Qualified (Operator A) - Brazil

6 - QPI Brasil Petróleo Ltda.- Qualified (Non-Operating) - Qatar

7 - Petronas Carigali SDN BHD - Qualified (Operator A) - Malaysia

8 - Repsol Exploración S.A.- Qualified(Operator A) - Spain

9 - Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda.- Qualified (Operator A) - United Kingdom

10 - Statoil Brasil Óleo e Gás Ltda. - Qualified (Operator A) - Norway

11 - Total E & P do Brasil Ltda. - Qualified (Operator A) - France

The ANP received 10 expressions of interest for the 2nd Round of the Pre-salt and 15 for the 3rd Round, which will be held on October 27 in Rio de Janeiro.

Qualified companies have complied with all the requirements set forth in the notice and are eligible to participate in the round. The qualification is mandatory and individual for each interested party, even for those who wish to submit an offer through a consortium.

Once the requirements set forth in the bidding document have been approved and approved by the Special Bidding Commission, the company may submit bids only for the blocks located in the sectors for which it has paid the participation fee and provided a bid guarantee.

The 2nd Round of the Pre-salt will offer four areas with unitizable deposits, that is, adjacent to fields or prospects whose reservoirs extend beyond the granted area. The areas are related to the discoveries named by Gato do Mato and Carcará, and the fields of Tartaruga Verde and Sapinhoá.

The 3rd Round will offer four areas located in the Campos and Santos basins, in the region of the pre-salt polygon, related to the prospects of Pau Brasil, Peroba, Alto de Cabo Frio-Oeste and Alto de Cabo Frio-Central.