Petrobras (PBR) reported today, after the market close, that the Arbitration Court issued on July 2nd, an interim decision on the arbitration proposal by Petrobras regarding the resolution of ANP (National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels), which considers the concessions Baleia Anã, Baleia Azul, Baleia Franca, Cachalote, Caxaréu, Jubarte and Pirambu as a single field from the second quarter of 2014.
The interim decision determines that Petrobras starts to deposit quarterly, on behalf of ANP, the controversial “special participations”. Based on the current price of oil and the current production in the field, this amount will be approximately R$ 350 million per quarter. “Although the amount is pending confirmation by the parties, the value previously estimated by the ANP is R$ 2.2 billion”, Petrobras said, stressing that “it is a decision of preliminary nature, given that the arbitrage has not decided on the merits of the matter yet”.
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