The Brazil state-led company said the new record attained on 15 April was due to increased production at the P-58 floating production, storage and offloading unit in the Parque das Baleias complex in the northern Campos basin.

The FPSO is already pumping 50,000 bpd from three wells tapped into the pre-salt layer, according to Petrobras.

The state-led Brazil giant is under acute pressure to deliver on promised output from its considerable pre-salt investment plan and turn around stalled production numbers.

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