The National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels (ANP) has released the list of blocks that will be offered in the public session of the 3rd Cycle of the Open Acreage of Production Sharing (OPP). A total of seven blocks will be offered: Jaspe, Citrino, Larimar, Ônix, Itaimbezinho, Ametista, and Esmeralda. The public session will take place on October 22, 2025.

The evaluation of the declarations of interest and bid guarantees received by ANP for the 3rd Cycle of the OPP was completed during the 16th meeting of the Bidding Round Special Commission of the Open Acreage of Production Sharing (CEL OPP), held on August 19, 2025. The blocks on offer in the 3rd Cycle were announced in the Official Gazette (DOU) on August 20, 2025.

Until September 11, 2025, bidders with active registration in the 3rd cycle may expand their interest in the bidding process by submitting new declarations of interest and additional bid guarantees for the blocks that will be offered in the 3rd Cycle of OPP.

Bidders with active registration but not submitting a declaration of interest may submit bids in consortium with a bidder that has declared interest within the 3rd Cycle timeline.

An Open Acreage of Production Sharing cycle consists of all the activities required to hold the public session for the presentation of offers for one or more blocks that are the subject of a declaration of interest accompanied by a bid guarantee and includes the qualification of the winning bidders of the public session, the awarding of the object of the cycle's bid, the approval of the cycle's bid and the signing of the production sharing agreements, as per item 1.29 of the current Tender Protocol.

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