(Petrobras, 19.May.2015) – Petrobras’ foreign oil and natural gas production in April 2015 was 2.785 (Mmboe/d), in Brazil and abroad, up 0.8% on March 2015, which was 2.764 Mmboe/d.
Among this total, 2.596 Mmboe/d were produced in Brazil and 189 Mboe/d abroad. The production of 2.785 Mmboe/d is up 8.8% on the volume produced in Apr.2014, which represented 2.560 Mmboe.d.
Oil and Gas Production in Brazil
In Apr.2015, Petrobras total oil and natural gas production in Brazil was 2.596 Mmboe/d, up 0.8% on the volume registered in the previous month (2.574 Mmboe/d).
Petrobras’ total oil and natural gas production in Brazil – which includes a portion produced to partner companies – was 2.886 Mmboe/d, up 1.8% on Mar.2015 (2.834 Mmboe/d). In Apr.2015, Petrobras’ exclusive oil production in Brazil was 2 million 134 thousand boed, up 1.2% on March, which was 2 million 108 thousand boed.
Such increase is mainly due to the production growth of FPSOs Cidade de Manguaratiba, located in the Sapinhoá Norte field, and Cidade de Ilhabela, in Iracema do Sul – both on the Santos Basin pre-salt cluster – besides the smallest quantity of platforms scheduled maintenance shutdowns.
The oil production operated in the country was 2/346 MMb/d. 2.1% above the previous month (2.297 MMb/d).
The own production of natural gas in Brazil, excluding the liquefied volume, was 73 million m³/d in Apr.2015, keeping the same level of the previous month.
The natural gas production without liquefied operated by Petrobras in Brazil, including the portion to partner companies, was 86 million m³/d.
The usage of produced gas reached 96.1% in Apr.2015.
New pre-salt records
In 11.Apr.2015, Petrobras reaches its own daily production record at the “pre-salt” layer of Santos and Campos basins, with 590 Mb/d. Furthermore, the production operated by the company at the “presalt” reached a peak of 802 Mb/d in the same day.
Other Apr.2015 highlights were the monthly presalt production record of 503 thousand bpd and operated production of 715 Mb/d.
Foreign production
In Apr.2015, 189.5 Mboe/d were produced abroad, down 0.2% (189.8 Mboe/d) on the previous month.
In Apr.2015, the average oil production was 102.2 Mb/d, 0.2% up 101.9 Mb/d on the previous month. This increase was mainly due to production ramp-up of new production wells in Saint Malo and Lucius basins in the US and higher production in the Nigerian Akpo field. The sale of basins in the Southern Basin, Argentina, compensated such production growth.
Foreign natural gas production was 14.8 million m³/d, down 0.6% (14.9 million m³/d) on the previous month. The sale of basins in the Southern Basin, in Argentina, compensated the startup production of the Hadrian South basin, in the U.S.A.
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