Brazil’s Oil And Gas Production Grew 13.3% In 2025

By Bruno de Freitas Moura

Oil and gas production in Brazil reached 4.897 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) in 2025. The result is 13.3 percent higher than the year before and represents the highest volume ever recorded in Brazil. The previous record was 4.344 million boe/d, back in 2023.

The data come from the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels (ANP), the sector’s regulatory body.

Boe is a unit of measurement that standardizes the volume of natural gas and oil, converting gas to the energy value equivalent to a barrel of crude oil, making it possible to add up production.

The record performance in 2025 is believed to confirm the extractive industry as one of the drivers of national industry. Brazilian industrial production grew 0.6 percent last year, with the extractive industry advancing 4.9 percent, as per the latest official figures.

Gas and oil record

Oil production in specific reached a record 3.770 million barrels/day last year, 12.3 percent higher than the previous year.

Natural gas output hit 179 million cubic meters per day (m³/d), also the highest ever recorded, up 17 percent compared to 2024.

Pre-salt

When detailing the origin of oil and gas production, the agency identifies the leading role of pre-salt fields – reservoirs drilled at a depth of 5 to 7 thousand meters.

Pre-salt accounts for 79.63 percent of oil equivalent production. Post-salt accounts for 15.45 percent, and onshore fields account for 4.92 percent.

The five offshore fields with the highest oil and gas production are:

Tupi – 21.36%
Búzios – 20.47%
Mero – 14.44%
Itapu – 4.19%
Jubarte – 4.14%

By basin, Santos is the production champion, with 77.79 percent of everything extracted from the seabed. Next is the Campos basin, with 19.67 percent. Both are located on the southeast coast.

Rio de Janeiro state is the country’s largest oil producer, accounting for 87.8 percent of the oil extracted last year. From 2024 to 2025, Espírito Santo (5.12%) took the runner-up spot from São Paulo (4.89%).

Petrobras

Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Petrobras is the largest oil and gas producer in Brazil. In December, the fields operated by the state-owned company – in consortium with other oil companies or not – accounted for 90.03 percent of national production.

The fields in which Petrobras operates alone produced 23.9 percent of Brazilian production in December.