Record Brazil pre-salt oil and natural gas production set in April

(TN) ANP released the Monthly Bulletin of Oil and Natural Gas Production for April 2025, which contains consolidated data on national production. The month recorded a new record in pre-salt oil and gas production, with 3.734 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d).

This represents an increase of 0.5% compared to the previous month and 18.3% compared to April 2024. Pre-salt production, which occurred through 164 wells, accounted for 79.7% of the national total in the month.

Total national production

Total production (oil + natural gas) in the country, considering pre-salt, post-salt and land, was 4.689 million boe/d.

With regard to oil, 3.632 million bbl/d were extracted, an increase of 0.3% compared to the previous month and 13.7% compared to the same month in 2024.

Natural gas production in April was 168.01 million m³/d. There was a 1.5% increase compared to March and a 22.9% increase compared to April 2024.

Use of natural gas

In April, the use of natural gas was 97.1%. 55.36 million m³/d were made available to the market and flaring was 4.98 million m³/d. There was a 13.6% decrease in flaring compared to the previous month and a 25.5% increase compared to April 2024.

The main reason for the reduction compared to March was that the FPSO Almirante Tamandaré, in April, commissioned part of the compressors, allowing the injection of natural gas to begin and consequently reducing its flaring.

Origin of production

In the month, offshore fields produced 97.6% of the oil and 87.1% of the natural gas. The fields operated by Petrobras, alone or in consortium with other companies, were responsible for 89.76% of the total production. Production came from 6,505 wells, 538 of which were offshore and 5,967 onshore.

Fields and facilities

In April, the Tupi field, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, was the largest producer, registering 783.91 thousand bbl/d of oil and 39.81 million m³/d of natural gas. The facility with the largest production was the FPSO Guanabara, in the shared Mero field, with 184 thousand bbl/d of oil and 12.10 million m³/d of natural gas.