Rio de Janeiro – Output from Brazilian pre-salt oil fields totaled 1.821 millikon barrels of oil equivalent (oil and natural gas) in July, an increase of 3.3% over June. The data was shown this Monday (03) by the Brazilian National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP).
According to ANP, in July the pre-salt fields, in a total of 87 wells, produced 1.454 million of oil barrels per day and 58 million of cubic meters of natural gas per day. With the increase of June’s output, the pre-salt fields now account for 55.1% of total Brazilian production.
Overall, oil output reached 2.575 million of oil barrels per day in July, down 0.6% in comparison to the previous months. The natural gas output totaled 116 million of cubic meters per day, an increase of 0.9% in comparison to the previous month.
Translated by Sérgio Kakitani
