Oil and natural gas production in May
Rio de Janeiro, June 19, 2017 - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs
that its total oil and natural gas production in May was 2.80 million barrels of
oil equivalent per day (boed), of which 2.68 million boed produced in Brazil and
120 thousand boed produced abroad.
The average oil production in the country was 2.18 million barrels per day
(bpd), a volume 3.9% higher than in April. This result is mainly due to
production start on another project on May 17, in southern Lula field, in the
Santos Basin, through platform P-66; the resumed operations after maintenance
stoppage on platforms P-37 (Marlim field in the Campos Basin) and FPSO Cidade de
Angra dos Reis (Lula field), as well as the startup of a new producing well in
the Marlim Sul field, in the Campos Basin.
In May, natural gas production in Brazil, excluding the liquefied volume, was
78.9 million m³/d, 0.5% above the previous month.
Pre-salt production
In May, the oil and natural gas production operated by Petrobras (wholly-owned
and partner shares) in the pre-salt layer, was 1.57 million boed, 5.1% above the
volume achieved in the previous month. This result was mainly due to the
production start at the Lula Sul project, through P-66, and the resumed
operations of platform FPSO Cidade de Angra dos Reis after maintenance stoppage.
It is important to note that in comparison with May 2016, there was a 37%
increase in production from the pre-salt layer.
Oil and natural gas production abroad
In May, oil production in overseas fields was 65 thousand bpd, volume 1% higher
than the previous month. This performance resulted mainly from the beginning of
production on a new well in the Saint Malo field, in the USA.
Natural gas production was 9.3 million m³/d, 3% below the volume produced in
April 2017. This drop was mainly due to the lower demand for gas production in
Bolivia.
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