Pre-Salt Hits Record Oil And Gas Production, Surpassing Total Accumulated Production From Onshore Fields Since 1941

With 3 Million Barrels, Rio de Janeiro Was the Largest Producing State of National Oil and National Natural Gas.

In September, the production of oil and natural gas from the Pre-salt totaled 2.85 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d), representing 74.10% of the national total (3.84 million boe/d). It was the largest historical monthly production record in the Pre-salt, both in absolute terms and in percentage participation in the country’s total production.

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These and other data on national oil and gas production are available on the Dynamic Panel of Oil and Natural Gas Production, at this link.

Accumulated Production in the Pre-salt Exceeded All Accumulated Production in Onshore Fields Since 1941

The accumulated production in the Pre-salt, since the discovery of Tupi in April 2009, is 5.02 billion barrels of oil equivalent. This figure has already exceeded, for example, all accumulated production in onshore fields since 1941, which was 4.96 billion barrels of oil equivalent.

The highest production by sedimentary basin in September was recorded in the Santos basin, with 2.74 million boe/d, reaching 71.36% of the national total. This was also the historical highest value recorded for the Santos Basin, in both absolute and relative terms.

The field with the highest production remained the Tupi Field, with 1.22 million boe/d, being both the largest production of oil (948 thousand barrels of oil per day) and of natural gas (43.12 million cubic meters per day) in the country. The highest producing well was 7-BUZ-10-RJS from the Búzios Field, which recorded 67.5 thousand boe/d during the period, making it the fourth largest historical production per well.

Rio de Janeiro Leads as the Largest Oil and Gas Producer in Brazil

With 3 million boe/d, Rio de Janeiro was the largest producing state, with 78.5% of the national total, 81.8% of the national oil production, and 66.3% of the national natural gas production.

The data from the Dynamic Panel of Oil and Natural Gas Production are preliminary and are subject to adjustments by the concessionaire companies until the publication of the consolidated data in the Monthly Bulletin of Oil and Natural Gas Production.