Brazil produced more than 6 million barrels of oil equivalent a day in August
ANP data showed output rose 2.6% from July; pre-salt oil and gas made up 82.6% of the total.
Event / data period: 2026-10-01
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Brazil’s National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) released its August 2026 oil and gas production bulletin on October 1. Total output was 6.002 million barrels of oil equivalent a day, including 4.615 million barrels of oil a day.
Natural-gas output reached 220.55 million cubic metres a day, while pre-salt output was 4.959 million boe a day. ANP said pre-salt production represented 82.6% of the national total. These figures refer to August; the agency notes production can fluctuate with scheduled maintenance and wells entering service.
Data
August 2026 production indicators
National totals in ANP’s monthly production bulletin.
- Oil and gas output
- 6.002 million boe/day
- 2026-08 · Observed
- Crude-oil output
- 4.615 million bbl/day
- 2026-08 · Observed
- Natural-gas output
- 220.55 million m3/day
- 2026-08 · Observed
- Pre-salt share of total output
- 82.6 %
- 2026-08 · Observed
Methodology
Production rates are daily averages for August 2026; pre-salt share uses total oil and gas output as the denominator.
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