CNPE Approves The Guidelines For The Next Bid Rounds' Multiannual Plan

On May 24^th, the National Council for Energy Policy ("CNPE") published, in the Union's Official Gazette, its Ordinance No. 10/2017 that establishes the guidelines for the next bid rounds' multiannual plan and authorized the ANP, in the biennium 2018-2019, to:

• Hold the following concession bid rounds:
• 15^th Concession Bid Round (2018): the ANP shall select areas from the blocks in the offshore basins of Foz do Amazonas (SFZA-AP1, AP2, AR1 and AR2 sectors), Ceará (SCAL-AP1 and AP2 sectors) and Potiguar (SPOT-AP1, AP2 and AR2 sectors); in the ultra-deep waters out of the pre-salt's polygon in the basins of Campos (SC-AP4 sector) and Santos (SS-AUP1 sector); and in the onshore basins of Paraná (SPAR-N and CN sectors) and Parnaíba (SPN-SE and N sectors), as well as all sectors of the mature basins of Sergipe-Alagoas, Recôncavo, Potiguar and Espírito Santo; and