Pre-salt production tops 1 MMboed, Petrobras says

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Production of oil and natural gas from facilities operated by Petrobras in the pre-salt layer exceeded 1 MMboed during September, with output averaging 1.028 MMboed, and reaching a record level of 1.12 MMboed on Sept. 15.

 

September 15 also set a new daily pre-salt oil output record at 901,000 bbl. Average daily pre-salt oil output over the month of September stood at 828,000 bpd.

 

Petrobras’ average oil and natural gas output for September, both in Brazil and abroad, stood at 2.72 MMboed.