The government is considering the possibility of launching the seventh hydrocarbon exploration and production tender in the country, with the aim of guaranteeing the licensing of areas that could be profitable for this purpose.

Carlos Zacarias, Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, explained to "Notícias" that it is necessary to create alternatives capable of guiding the country towards the requirement to generate and consume less polluting energy.

The action, according to the source, also aims to generate solutions that respond to the current global challenge of the energy transition to environmentally friendly sources.

The possibility of a new call for investors in the oil and gas sector comes at a time when the National Petroleum Institute (INP) is clarifying the contracts of the consortia that won the sixth tender for later approval by the government.

It should be noted that the contracts for the sixth tender could be signed as early as this quarter, right up until October.