March 27 – The board of the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) approved a new version of the tender for the Permanent Production Sharing Offer (OPP). The update includes 15 new exploration blocks, which are added to the eight already foreseen, totaling 23 areas available for the next OPP cycles. The technical-economic parameters were also revised.
The new blocks are: Cruzeiro do Sul, Rubi, Granada, Aragonita, Calcedônia, Cerussita, Malaquita, Opala, Quartzo, Rodocrosita, Siderita, Hematita, Magnetita, Calcita and Azurita. They join Jade, Ágata, Amazonita, Safira Leste, Safira Oeste, Larimar, Turmalina and Ônix, which were already included in the tender.
All blocks included in the tender have received favorable environmental viability opinions issued by the competent bodies, in addition to a Joint Statement from the Ministry of Mines and Energy and the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change. The areas are located in the Pre-Salt Polygon, with eight in the Campos Basin and 13 in the Santos Basin.
The rules defined in the previous version of the tender, as well as the draft production sharing contracts, have been maintained without changes. The next step will be the submission of the draft tender to the Ministry of Mines and Energy, which will be responsible for final approval before official publication.
Brazil Energy Insight 
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