ANP Approves Ecopetrol for the Second Edition of the Permanent Offer

The Special Tender Committee (CEL) approved the registration of one more company for the Permanent Offer: Ecopetrol Óleo e Gás do Brasil Ltda. With Ecopetrol, 69 companies have already signed up for the Permanent Offer. See the complete list: https://www.gov.br/anp/pt-br/rodadas-anp/oferta-permanente/inscricao-licitantes.

The Permanent Offer is a modality of concession of blocks and areas with marginal accumulations for the exploration or rehabilitation and production of oil and natural gas. In this modality, there is a continuous offer of exploratory blocks and areas with marginal accumulations located in any onshore or offshore basins. The exception is the blocks located in the Pre-salt Polygon, in strategic areas or on the Continental Shelf beyond 200 nautical miles, as well as those authorized to make up the 17th and 18th Bidding Rounds.

Once its application has been approved in the process, the company can declare interest in one or more of the blocks and areas offered in the Notice. After approval by the Committee of one or more declarations of interest, a Permanent Offer cycle begins, with the disclosure of its schedule by the Committee. The cycles correspond to the holding of public sessions for the presentation of offers for one or more sectors that had a declaration of interest. On the day of the public session, registered companies can bid for blocks and areas with marginal accumulations in the sectors under bidding in that cycle.