BG, Premier Oil and Murphy Exploration & Productionwere all certified by the nation’s National Petroleum Agency (ANP) as an OperatorA, meaning they are eligible to operate deepwater fields, according to the agency.

Ouro Preto Oil & Gas earned qualification as OperatorB, for shallow waters and onshore, andAlvopetro Extracao qualified as Operator C, for onshore operations only.

Australian player WoodsideEnergy was approved as a non-operating player.

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