16th Bidding Round (2019)

The National Council for Energy Policy, throungh CNPE Resolution No. 17/2018, published in the Official Gazette (DOU), dated of December 18, 2018, authorization for ANP to hold the 16th Bidding Round for Blocks for the Exploration and Prodution of Oil and Natural Gas, under the concession regime.

Forty-two blocks will be offered in the sedimentary basins of Pernambuco-Paraíba, Jacuíbe, Camamu-Almada, Campos and Santos, totaling 29.91 thousand km² of area.

Click on the links bellow to see the maps of the sectors of the blocks offered in the 16th Bidding Round:

General Map

·	Map:
	SC-AUP3 Sector
	SC-AUP4 Sector
	SC-AP4 Sector

SCAL-AUP Sector

SJA-AUP Sector

SPEPB-AP3 Sector

SS-AUP5 Sector

Click on the link bellow to see the shapefile of the sectors: 

Sectors.shp

• History

  For the 16th Concession Bidding Round, to be realized on the next year - 2019- shall be selected blocks located in the Pernambuco- Paraíba (Sector SPEPB-AP3), Jacuípe (Sector SJA-AUP), Camamu-Almada (Sector SCAL-AUP), Campos (ultra-deep waters outside the Pre-Salt poligon on the Sectors SC-AP4. SC-AUP3 and SC-AUP4) and Santos (SS-AUP5) basins, according to the National Energy Policy Council - CNPE guidelines, via CNPE Resolutions No. 10/2017, da No. 16/2017 and No. 09/2018.

  The Collegiate Board of ANP has approved, in 10/25/2018, the proposal of blocks recommended for deliberation of CNPE in order to include them in the 16th Concession Bidding Round. The plan consider 42 blocks, distributed into 7 sectors of 5 sedimentary basins, in a total of 29,911,62 km² of offered area.