Brazil pushes new rounds of oil exploration tenders to 2021 and 2022

The seventeenth round of bidding was scheduled to take place in November this year, while the eighteenth round was slated for 2021
Reuters
Reuters Friday, 21 August 2020

Brazil’s Mines & Energy Ministry said it has pushed back the seventeenth and eighteenth round of auctions for oil exploration blocks to 2021 and 2022, respectively, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The seventeenth round of bidding was scheduled to take place in November this year, while the eighteenth round was slated for 2021.