Environmental Guidelines

Published in Jul 10, 2026 04:38 PM

Environmental guidelines for the blocks in the OPC tender protocol

Joint Statements

Note: Considering that Joint Statements, reports and other documents do not have an English version, please see the files (in Portuguese) on the corresponding Portuguese page: Diretrizes Ambientais.

Offshore Basins

Environmental licensing of maritime activities and in an E&P transition zone is carried out by the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA), through CGMAC (General Coordination of Environmental Licensing of Marine and Coastal Enterprises).

Note: Considering that joint statements, reports and other documents do not have an English version, please click here to view information about the Federal Environmental Licensing (in Portuguese).

Ibama, the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio), and the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MMA), within the scope of the Open Acreage of Areas, conducted the environmental analysis.

To view the documents related to this topic, please visit the following page (in Portuguese): Diretrizes Ambientais.

Onshore Basins

State Environmental Agencies (OEMAs) are responsible for the environmental licensing of terrestrial activities confined to the boundaries of a single state.

Some OEMAs prepared specific reports for the Open Acreage of Areas, while others validated the analysis conducted during previous rounds.

Ibama, ICMBio, and MMA also presented recommendations for activities located in onshore basins.

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