(WO) – Brazil produced a record 6.12 MMboed of oil and natural gas in September, according to the country’s National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP). The previous record was set in August, when national output topped 6 MMboed for the first time.
Oil production reached 4.711 MMbpd, up 2.1% from August and 20.3% from September 2025. Natural gas output was 223.98 MMcm/d (7.9 Bcfd), up 1.6% from August and 17.5% year over year.
Pre-salt production also set a record at 5.1 MMboed, equal to 83.3% of national output, up 2.9% from the previous month and 23.1% year over year. Pre-salt output comprised 3.945 MMbpd of oil and 183.66 MMcm/d (6.5 Bcfd) of gas from 205 wells.
Búzios, in the pre-salt Santos basin, was the country’s largest producer of both oil, at 1.19 MMbpd, and gas, at 49.99 MMcm/d (1.77 Bcfd). The FPSO Almirante Tamandaré at Búzios was the top oil-producing facility at 259,514 bpd, while the FPSO Sepetiba on the Mero field led gas output with 13.55 MMcm/d (479 MMcfd).
Offshore fields accounted for 98.1% of oil and 89% of gas production. Fields operated by Petrobras, alone or with partners, delivered 87.02% of the total. Production came from 6,759 wells, 604 offshore and 6,155 onshore.
Gas utilization was 98.2%. About 66.37 MMcm/d (2.34 Bcfd) was made available to the market, and flaring totaled 4.14 MMcm/d (146 MMcfd), down 0.4% from August and up 1.1% from a year earlier.
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