Rio de Janeiro – Petrobras established another oil output record in Brazil, in September. According to the company, an average of 2.23 million barrels of oil per day (bpd) was produced in the country last month, including in this total the fields operated by the state-owned company for its partners. The volume is 0.3% higher than the one seen in August, which had already set a record.
The result was driven mainly by the increase in output of platforms P-55 and P-62, in Campos Basin’s Roncador field, and in Cidade de Paraty, at Lula Nordeste field, in Santos Basin. Five new offshore wells initiated operations in both basins.
Pre-salt output alone, the average volume reached 532,000 bpd. With the volume of 618,000 barrels produced on September 18th, the state-owned company set a new record for daily exploration in the pre-salt layer.
Petrobras’ gas output, in turn, reached 80.13 million cubic metres per day (m³/d), considering only the output operated by the state-owned company for its partners. The oil and gas output in Brazil and abroad – total production – was 2.8 million barrels of oil equivalent.
*Translated by Rodrigo Mendonça
