Brazil broke another oil and natural gas record with 5.531 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) production in March

May 4 – Brazil broke a record for oil and natural gas production in March, with 5.531 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d). The data was released May 4th by the ANP in its Monthly Oil and Natural Gas Production Bulletin. The previous record was in February 2026.

Regarding oil, 4.247 million barrels per day (bbl/d) were extracted, a positive variation of 4.6% compared to the previous month and an increase of 17.3% compared to the same month in 2025.

Natural gas production in March was 204.11 million cubic meters per day (m³/d). Brazilian production in the pre-salt layer reached a record high of 3.3% compared to February and 23.3% compared to March 2025.

Pre-salt

Total production (oil + natural gas) in the pre-salt layer in March was also a record: 4.421 million boe/d, corresponding to 79.9% of Brazilian production. This represents a 3.6% increase compared to the previous month and a 19% increase compared to the same month in 2025.

3.410 million bbl/d of oil and 160.69 million m³/d of natural gas were produced through 184 wells.

Natural gas utilization

In March, natural gas utilization was 97.3%. 67.39 million m³/d were made available to the market, and 5.46 million m³/d were flared. There was a 6.3% decrease in flaring compared to the previous month, and a 5.4% decrease compared to March 2025.

Production Origin

In the month, offshore fields produced 98% of the oil and 87.8% of the natural gas. Fields operated by Petrobras, alone or in consortium with other companies, were responsible for 88.23% of the total produced. Production originated from 6,086 wells, 590 offshore and 5,496 onshore.

Fields and Facilities

In March, the Búzios field, in the Santos Basin, was the largest oil producer, registering 886,430 bbl/d. The field with the highest natural gas production was Mero, also in the Santos Basin, with 42.06 million m³/d.

The installations with the highest production were the FPSO Almirante Tamandaré, in the Búzios Field, for oil (186,088 bbl/d); and the FPSO Guanabara, in the Mero field, for gas (12.08 million m³/d).