Petrobras Expects Increase in Its Offshore Production in the Pre-Salt Basin

Written by Valdemar Medeiros

Published on 10/11/2020 at 09:05

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Due To The Increase In Production In The Pre-Salt Basin, Petrobras Expects Its Offshore Oil And Gas Production This Year To Exceed The Previous Forecast

Petrobras forecasts its average production in the pre-salt for 2020 to reach 2.84 million barrels of oil per day (boed), of which 2.28 million bpd is oil, with a margin of error of 1.5 in the offshore industry. This estimate exceeds by 2.5 percent the upper range of its original production guidance of 2.7 million boed of total production and 2.2 million bpd of crude oil production.

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Petrobras Rapidly Restored Its Offshore Production In The Third Quarter Of Platforms That Had To Stop Operating Due To The COVID-19 Pandemic And The Measures To Contain It, Which Have Been Especially Challenging For Offshore Operators.

Petrobras’ Offshore Production Of Oil, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), And Natural Gas Averaged 2.95 Million Boed In The Third Quarter, A 5.4 Percent Increase From The Second Quarter, As Production Increased In Pre-Salt Fields And Operations Normalized On Platforms That Had Halted Operations Due To COVID-19 In The Second Quarter.

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