(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Sep.2020) — Brazil’s combined production of crude oil and natural gas reached 3.927 million barrels of equivalent oil per day (MMboe/d) in August 2020, according to details provided by oil sector regulator National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP).
Oil production reached 3.087 million barrels per day (MMb/d) in August 2020, while gas reached 134 million cubic meters per day (MMcm/d), both up sequentially and year-over-year, according to ANP details.
Brazil’s oil and gas production is concentrated in 269 producing fields, of which the bulk are located in Bahia and Rio Grande do Norte. However, the most prolific state where oil and gas fields are located is Rio de Janeiro, followed thereafter by São Paulo and Espírito Santo states.
Brazil’s oil and gas production comes primarily from 11 basins with the most prolific being Santos and Campos, which accounted for the bulk of all production.
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