Today, December 4th, Prรฉ-Sal Petrรณleo S.A. (PPSA) held the Auction of Non-Contracted Areas at B3 (Brazilian Stock Exchange) to offer the Federal Governmentโs entire interest in the Shared Deposits of ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ, ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ and ๐ง๐๐ฝ๐ถ, corresponding to the non-contracted areas located within the ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ-๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐๐ด๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป. These non-contracted areas represent a total of 3.5% in Mero, 0.833% in Tupi and 0.95% in Atapu, with total minimum value of R$ 10.2 billion.
A consortium formed by Petrobras and Shell secured Mero and Atapu shares for approximately R$ 8.8 billion. Mero was acquired for R$ 7.791 billion, while Atapu was acquired for R$ 1 billion. Tupi didnโt receive any offers.