Brazilian oil major Petrobras set a new pre-salt production record in June.
The oil production Petrobras operates (own and partner shares) in the pre-salt layer set two new monthly and daily records. The new monthly production record is 1.35 MMb/d , and the new daily record, set on 19 June , is 1.42 MMb/d. Additionally, the oil and natural gas output Petrobras operates set a new record, at 1.69 MMboe/d.
Contributing to the result was the start of production at the P-66 platform, in the Lula field, and the addition of new production wells connected to FPSOs Cidade de Caraguatatuba, Cidade de Ilhabela, Cidade de Maricá, Cidade de Mangaratiba, and Cidade de Saquarema - all operating in the Santos Basin.
Petrobras' total oil and natural gas output in June was 2.8 MMboe/d. Of this total, 2.70 MMboe/d were produced in Brazil, while 113,000 boe/d abroad. The average oil output in the country was 2.20 MMb/d, 0.6% more than in May.
This result is mainly due to production resumption, after a scheduled shutdown, at platform P-43 - in the Barracuda and Caratinga fields, in the Campos Basin - and at FPSO Cidade de Mangaratiba, in the Lula field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt cluster.
In June, natural gas production in Brazil, excluding the liquefied volume, was 80.3 million cubic meters per day, 1.8% more than in the previous month. This increase is mainly due to production resumption at FPSO Cidade de Mangaratiba.
In June, oil output at Petrobras fields overseas was 65,000 b/d, up 0.1% compared to the previous month. Natural gas production was 8.1 MMcm/d, 13% less than the May 2017 output. This decrease was mainly due to the lower demand for gas production in Bolivia and reduced production at the Hadrian South field, in the US.