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ANRM could bid only the onshore oil areas in the Round IX of concessions
The National Agency for Mineral Resources (ANRM) could bid only the 22 onshore oil areas in the IX round of concessions, as in the case of the six offshore areas there is still judicial uncertainty, according to some sources in the agency.
In July 2019, ANRM announced that they offer through public appeal the concession of the operations for exploration, development and oil exploitation of 28 areas (22 onshore and 6 offshore) in the XI round of bids, according to an order of the ANRM chairman published in the Official Gazette on 24 July.
But the announcement was not published in the Official Journal of the European Union, due to judicial uncertainties with regards to the offshore areas. The ANRM representatives will discuss during the period to come with those in ACROPO (the Authority for Regulation of Offshore oil operations) to clarify these aspects, but with the representatives of the oil companies in The Romanian Association of Oil Exploitation and Production Companies - ROPEPCA.
Thus, ANRM takes into consideration the starting of round XI only with onshore areas, as there is interest expressed by several companies, among which OMV Petrom and Romgaz. ‘ In this sense, we can start the procedures in at most two weeks. It all depends on the result of the discussions with ACROPO and ROPEPCA’ , the mentioned sources showed. The previous round, round X took place between 2009 and 2010 when ANMR bidded the concession of 30 oil areas, out of which 12 onshore and 18 offshore.