Petrobras Reports April Production Levels

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(Petrobras, 9.May.2016) – Petrobras’ total oil and natural gas production in April amounted to 2.69 MMboe/d, of which 2.50 MMboe/d were produced in Brazil and 190,000 boe/d abroad.

The average oil production in April was 2.12 MMb/d, up 5 percent compared to the previous month, which was 2.02 MMb/d. In this production, 2.03 MMb/d were produced in Brazil and 89,000 b/d abroad.

The recovery of production compared to previous month’s levels was mainly due to the return to operation of platforms that were in corrective maintenance in March, especially P-31(Albacora field) and P-48 (Caratinga field).

Pre-salt oil production

Petrobras-operated oil and gas production in the pre-salt layer in April was 994,000 boe/d, 9.9 percent lower than the previous month. Petrobras–operated oil output was also 9.4 percent lowered when compared to the previous month to an average of 801,000 b/d. This reduction was mainly due to the scheduled shutdown in FPSO Cidade de Angra dos Reis and FPSO Cidade de Paraty.

Natural gas production

Petrobras’ natural gas production in Brazil, excluding liquefied volume, was 73.5 MMcm/d, up 8.5 percent compared to the previous months (67.8 MMcm/d).

The average production abroad was 17.3 MMcm/d, up 5.5 percent compared to 16.4 MMcm/d reached in the previous month.

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