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With 3 million barrels, Rio de Janeiro was the largest producing state, in the national production of oil and in the national production of natural gas.
In September, pre-salt oil and natural gas production 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 record of monthly production in the Pre-salt, both in absolute terms and in percentage of participation in the country's total production.
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This and other data on national oil and gas production are available in the Dynamic Panel of Oil and Natural Gas Production, using this link.
Accumulated production in the Pre-salt surpassed all accumulated production in onshore fields since 1941
Accumulated production in the pre-salt layer since the Tupi discovery in April 2009 is 5,02 billion barrels of oil equivalent. This number has already surpassed, for example, the entire accumulated production in onshore fields since 1941, which was 4,96 billion barrels of oil equivalent.
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The highest production by sedimentary basin, in September, was registered in the Santos basin, with 2,74 million boe/d, reaching 71,36% of the national total. This was also the highest historical value recorded for the Santos Basin, in absolute and relative terms.
The field with the highest production remained the Tupi Field, with 1,22 million boe/d, with both the highest production of oil (948 thousand barrels of oil per day) and natural gas (43,12 million cubic meters per day) in the country. The largest producing well was 7-BUZ-10-RJS, in Campo de Búzios, which recorded 67,5 boe/d in the period, the fourth highest historical production per well.
Rio de Janeiro leads the ranking of 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 production of natural gas.
Data from the Oil and Natural Gas Production Dynamic Panel are preliminary and are subject to adjustments by the concessionaire companies until the publication of consolidated data in the Oil and Natural Gas Production Monthly Bulletin.
