The cost of extracting oil in the pre-salt layer beats costs compared to other assets and are the ones that most contribute to Petrobras' national production

As already reported by Click Petróleo e Gás, Petrobras recorded the highest quarterly profit in history and now the company informed in a statement last Friday (02/08) that the expenses with the extraction of oil in the pre-salt layer reached the lowest level in history, US$ 6 per barrel of oil equivalent (boe – oil plus gas).
In addition to its importance as the main Brazilian producer, the pre-salt has a lower cost than other assets located in shallow and deep waters and onshore.

The statement from Petrobras also says that to extract oil from deep water fields, the company spends more than twice as much as in the pre-salt layer, something equivalent to US$ 13,6 per barrel.
Extraction costs in shallow waters are the most expensive, at US$ 31,6 and onshore (on land) costs US$ 19,5 per barrel, if we average the costs of oil and gas extraction by location of the assets, Petrobras spends an amount of US$ 10,4 per barrel.

Pre-salt is production leader

To get an idea of ​​the importance of the pre-salt layer for Petrobras and for Brazil, in the second quarter of this year, pre-salt production accounted for 55% of all oil and gas extraction by the oil company.

Deep water fields took second place with 33%, well behind, in third place comes the onshore fields which accounted for
9% and those from shallow waters are in last place, with 3% of the national production.

In the second quarter, the period between April and June, national production rose 12,8% compared to the first quarter and reached 1,41 million barrels of oil equivalent per day.

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