Open Acreage of Concession (OPC): Public Hearing on the review of the tender protocol and the concession agreements held on 09/03/2024

On September 3, 2024, at 2:00 p.m., ANP held Public Hearing No. 02/2024 via videoconference and broadcasted live on ANP's YouTube channel, regarding the review of the tender protocol and the concession agreements for exploratory blocks and areas with marginal accumulations of the Open Acreage of Concession (OPC).

The hearing was preceded by a 45-day Public Consultation, which ended on August 14, 2024, in which 250 contributions were received from 14 participants.

Once this stage of social participation is completed, the contributions received will be evaluated and the final versions of the tender protocol and the concessions agreements will be submitted for approval by ANP's Board of Directors, and must also be evaluated by TCU within 90 days. Due to these legal deadlines, the new tender protocol is expected to be published in early 2025.

With the publication of the new tender protocol, 404 new frontier exploration blocks will be on offer, 54 onshore and 350 offshore, spread across 12 sedimentary basins.

More information is available on the Public Consultation and Hearing No. 02/2024 page in Portuguese.