Bidders Submission

Any party interested in participating in the Open Acreage of Production Sharing must submit its application for registration in accordance with the terms of the current tender protocol. A party whose application for registration has been approved by CEL (Bidding Round Special Commission) and that keeps its registration documents up to date will be considered a bidder.

Registration for the Open Acreage is individual and mandatory for each interested company, even for those intending to participate through a consortium.

The company interested in participating must: 

I) Fill out the online registration form;
II) Submit the documents detailed on the tender protocol; and
III) Submit a letter of introduction - exclusively for interested parties who do not have a current oil and natural gas exploration and production contract in Brazil.

Once all the requirements of the tender protocol and the legal provisions have been met, domestic and foreign legal entities, either individually or as part of a consortium, may participate in the OPP. Private Equity Investment Funds (FIPs) may participate as non-operators and are permitted to make offers only as part of a consortium.

Applications will be evaluated by CEL, and, if approved, bidders will be included in the list of bidders for the Open Acreage of Production Sharing. The results of the application process will be communicated to bidders individually via email.

Maintaining bidder status in the Open Acreage of Production Sharing is contingent upon the annual updating of application documents or the submission of a statement confirming that the previously submitted application documents are up to date, as established in the tender protocol.

Only bidders listed in the most recent list of bidders for the Open Acreage of Production Sharing published by ANP in the following section may participate in a cycle of the OPP.

Periodic updates to applications in the Open Acreage are necessary to ensure that bidders remain in good standing and that the bidding cycles are conducted properly, as provided for in ANP Resolution No. 969/2024 and in the Open Acreage tender protocols.

The concession and production sharing tender protocols establish procedures for updating the information in registration documents; compliance with deadlines and requirements is essential to avoid restrictions, suspension of registration, or impediments to participation in the bidding cycles.

Registration is conducted separately for each contracting regime, and only bidders listed in the “List of Bidders with Active Registration” for the respective regime may participate in the bidding cycles.

In this context, the Registration Update Manual (only in Portuguese) was developed to provide guidance on deadlines, procedures, and rules for maintaining registration in the Open Acreage.

Pursuant to Article 68 of ANP Resolution No. 969/2024, the following table lists the bidders in the Open Acreage of Production Sharing with active registration, subject to the Bidding Round Special Commission’s decision made regarding requests for registration and updates to registration documents.

The companies listed in the List of Bidders with Active Registration that have submitted documentation to update their registration will remain on this list with the status “Update under review (Art. 68, ANP Resolution No. 969/2024)” until the CEL reaches a decision and the updated list of bidders with active registration is published, which will occur by September 1. During this period, companies will be permitted to open and participate in cycles of the Open Acreage, provided they comply with the other requirements set forth in the applicable regulations.

Please click here to access the table (only in Portuguese).

The following list sets forth the companies whose registration to participate in the Open Acreage of Production Sharing (OPP) has been suspended due to failure to update the registration documents as required by Article 68 of ANP Resolution No. 969/2024, in accordance with the procedure established by the Bidding Round Special Commission at its 23rd meeting.

Maintaining bidder status in the Open Acreage of Production Sharing is contingent upon updating the registration documents or submitting a statement confirming that the previously submitted registration documents are up to date, as established in Section IV of the tender protocol.

To reactivate the registration the bidder must submit the required documentation through the SEI process in which the registration was originally requested.

Please click here to access the table (in Portuguese).