Pre-salt production has boomed over the past year
Brazilian upstream enjoys bumper year
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This year is proving busy for Brazil’s upstream oil and gas sector. Barely eight months in and production has already surpassed 4.3m boe/d, boosted by several new FPSO vessels operating in the pre-salt sector. Pre-salt output has surged by 17.5% over the past year and accounts for c.75% of Brazil’s entire oil and gas total. In just three years, production from the offshore region has grown by 572,000boe/d and should see at least another 160,000boe/d of maximum FPSO capacity added before the end of 2023. State oil and gas firm Petrobras has led the charge for pre-salt production growth in recent years and notched up another important milestone in Q2 with two FPSOs reaching startup. The Anna
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