The Competition Regulatory Authority (ARC) registered, in the four-year period 2019-2022, a total of 10 notified merger operations between companies in the oil sector, which corresponds to 24 percent. The data were advanced by the administrator of ARC, Nelson Lembe, at the methodological seminar on merger operations between companies in the oil sector. “There is a need to achieve a more competitive and fair business environment, capable of attracting good investments, which is why Competition