Brazil's 6th bidding round for oil and natural gas exploration and production activities - Results and the Ideological Debate
Article from: OGEL 4 (2004), in Roundup of Articles
Introduction
The 6th bidding round for oil and natural gas exploration and production activities in Brazil, accomplished in August 2004 by the Brazilian National Petroleum Agency (ANP), was extremely polemic and marked by a series of setbacks. In addition, even before the end of the first day of the process, the Petroleum and Gas Secretary from the Mines and Energy Ministry (MME), Mrs. Maria das Graças Foster, highlighted that, according to the Federal government, the future bidding rounds would not avoid the ideological discussions that were already present in the debates concerning the 6th ...