Oil auction exceeds expectations

The auction of exploratory blocks of oil and gas this Thursday (10), raised about 8.9 billion reais-more than double the minimum signing bonus of 3.2 billion reais, predicted for the 36 areas of the dispute-and had 11 offerers, 10 winners and 12 block S cast off.

According to ANP (National Petroleum Agency, Natural Gas and Biofuels), QPI Oil, Qatar, Petronas, Malaysia and the French, Total, made the biggest bid in the auction and killed the C-M-541 block (Campos basin) with bonuses of 4.029 billion reais. Petrobras, in partnership with With BP (British Petroleum), bought the C-M-477 (Campos basin) block, with 2.045 billion reais bonus.

“We thought it would be a hesitant auction, but exceeded the Expectations. We had a record of bonuses in the history awards, “said Décio Oddone, Director general of the ANP.

No company showed interest in the blocks of the Camamu-Almada and Jacuípe basins, whose concessions were being questioned in the Federal court of Bahia by the Federal Public Prosecutor’s office. 

See below the blocks cast in the 16th round:

Basin Name	Sector name	Block name	Company/Consortium Winner	Bonuses from Subscription (R $)
Fields	SC-AP4	C-M-477	Petrobras (70%) *; BP Energy (30%)	2,045,000,000.00
Fields	SC-AP4	C-M-541	Total E &P do Brasil (40%)*; Petronas (20%); QPI Brazil (40%)	4,029,302,001.00
Fields	SC-AP4	C-M-659	Shell Brazil (40%) *; QPI Brazil (25%); Chevron (35%)	714,000,000.96
Fields	SC-AUP3	C-M-479	ExxonMobil Brazil (100%) *	25,350,000.00
Fields	SC-AUP3	C-M-661	Petronas (100%) *	1,115,727,860.24
Fields	SC-AUP3	C-M-715	Petronas (100%) *	24,977,060.00
Fields	SC-AUP4	C-M-713	Shell Brazil (40%) *; QPI Brazil (25%); Chevron (35%)	550,800,000.31
Fields	SC-AUP4	C-M-795	Repsol (100%) *	9,528,800.00
Fields	SC-AUP4	C-M-825	Repsol (60%) *; Chevron (40%)	12,386,686.00
Fields	SC-AUP4	C-M-845	Chevron (40%) *; Wintershall Brazil (20%); Repsol (40%)	26,955,686.00
Saints	SS-AUP5	S-M-766	Chevron (40%) *; Wintershall Brazil (20%); Repsol (40%)	54,141,686.00
Saints	SS-AUP5	S-M-1500	BP Energy (100%) *	307,753,753.00

(ANP-National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas and biofuels)

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