In March 2019, oil and gas production in Brazil grew compared to both the previous month and the same month in 2018. Both totaled 3,261 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d).
ANP 03/05/2019 – Oil production in the period was 2,56 million barrels per day (bbl/d), an increase of 2,8% compared to the previous month and 0,1% compared to with the same month in 2018. Natural gas production was 111 million m³/d, growing 1,2% compared to the previous month and 4,2% compared to the same month in 2018.
The data production figures for March are available on the page of the Monthly Production Bulletin of Petroleum and Natural Gas (http://www.anp.gov.br/publicacoes/boletins-anp/2395-boletim-mensal-da-producao-de-petroleo-e-gas-natural )
Pre-salt
Pre-salt production in March totaled 1,936 million boe/d, an increase of 6% compared to the previous month and 11% compared to the same month of 2018.
1,542 million barrels of oil per day and 62,7 million cubic meters of natural gas per day were produced through 91 wells. The participation of pre-salt in the total national production in March was 59,4%.
The pre-salt wells are those whose production is carried out in the geological horizon called pre-salt, in fields located in the area defined in item IV of the caput of article 2 of Law nº 12.351/2010.
Use of natural gas
The use of natural gas in Brazil in March reached 94,7% of the total volume produced. 57,1 million cubic meters per day were made available to the market.
Gas flaring totaled 5,9 million cubic meters per day, an increase of 15% compared to the previous month and 76,9% compared to the same month in 2018.
The main justifications for the increase in gas flaring this month are the start of commissioning of FPSO platforms P-76 and P-77, both located in the Búzios field.
producing fields
The Lula field, in the Santos Basin, was the largest producer of oil and natural gas. It produced, on average, 909 bbl/d of oil and 38 million m3/d of natural gas. Offshore fields produced 95,7% of the oil and 82,4% of the natural gas. Production occurred in 7.254 wells, 684 offshore and 6.570 onshore.
The fields operated by Petrobras produced 94,9% of the oil and natural gas.
Estreito, in the Potiguar Basin, had the highest number of producing wells: 1.125. Marlim Sul, in the Campos Basin, was the offshore field with the highest number of producing wells: 66.
The Cidade de Maricá FPSO Platform, producing in the Lula field through six interconnected wells, produced 150 barrels a day and was the installation with the highest oil production. The Polo Arara facility, producing in the Arara Azul, Araracanga, Carapanaúba, Cupiúba, Rio Urucu and Sudoeste Urucu fields, through 38 wells connected to it, produced 9 million m3/d and was the facility with the highest natural gas production.
Further information
In March 2019, 308 granted areas, two onerous transfer areas and five sharing areas, operated by 32 companies, were responsible for national production. Of these, 79 are maritime and 236 are terrestrial. Of the total production areas, 12 are related to contracts for areas containing marginal accumulations.
The average API grade was 27,6, with 39,7% of production considered light oil (>=31°API), 48,9% medium oil (>=22 API and <31 API) and 11,4% oil heavy (<22 API).
The mature onshore basins (long-term fields/tests in the Espírito Santo, Potiguar, Recôncavo, Sergipe and Alagoas basins) produced 110,5 thousand boe/d, of which 85,9 thousand bbl/d of oil and 3,9 million of m3/d of natural gas. Of this total, 103 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day were produced by Petrobras and 7,5 thousand boe/d by concessions not operated by Petrobras, 352 boe/d in Alagoas, 4.203 boe/d in Bahia, 21 boe/d in Espírito Santo, 2.712 boe/d in Rio Grande do Norte and 186 boe/d in Sergipe.
