Petrobras pre-salt accounts for a third of Latin America production

Petrobras output from the prolific pre-salt province offshore Brazil reached a new record in the second quarter of 2023 and is now responsible for more than a third the entire hydrocarbons production in Latin America.

After Brazil, the top five producing nations in Latin America are Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Argentina and Ecuador, with Guyana closing in and soon expected to take the podium in third place.