Petrobras sets presalt production benchmark offshore Brazil

Petrobras notched a new record last year for both its own and operated production from presalt fields offshore Brazil (2.2 MMboe/d and 3.2 MMboe/d, respectively).

Presalt volumes also accounted for 81% of the company's overall production.

Highlights of the year included the startup of two new platforms: FPSO Maria Quitéria over the Jubarte field in the Campos Basin, and FPSO Marechal Duque de Caxias at the Mero field in the Santos Basin.

Elsewhere, following eight months of operation, the FPSO Sepetiba platform at Mero reached its maximum oil production capacity.

Ramp-up of these platforms helped to counter losses arising from maintenance stoppages, mature field declines and other unscheduled interruptions imposed by the ANP, along with the impact of a strike by federal environmental staff at the Ibama agency.