Pre-salt production has exceeded post-production in Brazil

Brazil’s pre-salt oil and gas production reached 1.68 million barrels of oil equivalent per day in December, accounting for 50.7% of the country’s total production, according to data from the National Petroleum Agency ( ANP). This is the first time that pre-salt production has exceeded post-production in Brazil. The trend is to increase month by month with the entry of eight new production platforms this year alone.

Brazil closed the month of December with the production of 2.61 million barrels per day of oil, up 0.7% compared to the previous month. Natural gas production was 113 million m3 per day, down 0.03%, also on the same basis of comparison.