Total average production in production sharing contracts continues to grow. In November 2022, it reached 793 thousand barrels of oil per day (bpd), according to the Monthly Bulletin released by Pré-Sal Petróleo S.A. (PPSA). Currently, six fields are in production: Búzios accounted for 427,000 bpd, followed by Libra (175,000 bpd), Sépia (105,000 bpd), Atapu (78,000 bpd), Entorno de Sapinhoá (5,000 bpd) and Sudoeste de Tartaruga Verde (4,000 bpd).

The Union’s average daily oil production in production sharing contracts reached 39.6 thousand barrels per day in November, a stable result in relation to the month of October. Libra accounted for 67% of the Union production, with 26.5 thousand bpd. Next are the contracts for Búzios (6.03 thousand bpd), Entorno de Sapinhoá (3.35 thousand bpd), Sépia (2.23 thousand bpd), Atapu (1.43 thousand bpd) and Sudoeste de Tartaruga Verde (50 bpd).

Since 2017, the beginning of the historical series, the accumulated production under the production sharing system up to November totals 319.5 million barrels of oil, of which 20.1 million barrels are entitled to the Union.

Natural gas

The natural gas production for commercial use, in November, averaged 1.7 million m³/day in three contracts, with 1.59 million m³/day coming from Búzios, 100 thousand m³/day from Entorno de Sapinhoá and 26,000 m³/day from Sudoeste de Tartaruga Verde. The result is 41% lower than in October, due to operational problems in exports from the Búzios field.