Búzios leverages production, with 429 thousand barrels per day; União, in the period, was entitled to 18,800 barrels per day of production

Oil production from contracts under the sharing regime is close to reaching the mark of 500,000 barrels a day. In April, the average total production of the four contracts was 486,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd), an increase of 3% compared to the previous month. The data appears in the Monthly Bulletin of Production Sharing Contracts, released this Monday (13), by Pré-Sal Petróleo (PPSA).

Búzios, in the Santos Basin, was the field that produced the most in the period, with 429 thousand bpd. The total is also made up of the production of 44 thousand bpd from Campo de Mero, 8 thousand bpd from Entorno de Sapinhoá and 4 thousand bpd from Tartaruga Verde Sudoeste.

The Union, in the same period, was entitled to a share of 18,800 bpd of total daily production – the so-called Union Oil Surplus. Of these, 6.9 thousand bpd came from Mero, 6.1 thousand bpd from Búzios, 5.4 thousand bpd from the surroundings of Sapinhoá and 400 bpd from Tartaruga Verde Sudoeste.

Since 2017, the beginning of the historical series of the sharing regime, the accumulated production is 167 million barrels of oil. Until April of this year, the Union's accumulated share of oil was 14 million barrels of oil.

Natural gas

Also in April of this year, the total production of natural gas with commercial use averaged 1.39 million cubic meters per day (m³/day) in three contracts. Búzios contributed with 1.16 million m³/day, while Entorno de Sapinhoá and Tartaruga Verde Sudoeste produced, respectively, 202 thousand and 31 thousand m³/day. Compared to March, the volume of available gas increased by 19%.

With regard to the Natural Gas Surplus, the Union was entitled, in the month, to 164 thousand m³/day, with 145 thousand m³/day coming from the surroundings of Sapinhoá; 16 thousand m³/day from Búzios; and 3 thousand m³/day of Tartaruga Verde Sudoeste. Since 2017, the accumulated production of natural gas with commercial use, under a production sharing regime, totals 519 million m³, of which 119 million m³ are under Union law.

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