Petrobras 2013 profit rises 11 pct

Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras has reported its 2013 net income was 11% up on 2012 due to diesel (20%) and gasoline (11%) price increases in 2013, increased production of oil products, cost optimization, gains from the sale of assets, lower write-offs for dry wells and lower foreign exchange impact due to hedge accounting.

Petrobras 2013 profit rises 11 pct

Adjusted EBITDA totaled R$ 62.967 billion, up 18% on 2012. Fourth quarter net income was R$ 6.281 billion, up 85% on the third quarter. This result reflects higher oil export volumes, lower dry well write-offs, gains from sale of the interest in block BC-10 and tax benefits stemming from provision of interest on own capital.

2013 oil and natural gas production totaled 2.539 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed), down 2% on 2012, primarily due to delays in starting up new systems, natural decline of fields and sale of assets abroad. Fourth quarter domestic output was up 1% on the third quarter.

In 2013, five new platforms came on stream and another four systems were deployed at their permanent locations. A pre-salt daily output record of 371,000 bpd was set on December 24th.
Proven reserves in Brazil reached 16 billion barrels of oil equivalent, up 1.6% on 2012.

The Reserve Replacement Ratio has been higher than 100% for 22 years in a row. Average production of oil products in Brazil totaled 2.124 million bpd in 2013, up 6% on 2012, cutting back diesel and gasoline imports.

PROEF (Campos Basin operational efficiency improvement program) contributed with additional oil output of 63,000 bpd. Operational efficiency reached 75% for the Campos Basin Operational Unit (UO-BC) and 92% for Rio (UO-RIO). PRODESIN (divestment program) contributed R$ 8.5 billion to cash flow in 2013 . PROCOP (operating costs optimization program) achieved savings of R$ 6.6 billion in 2013, exceeding the R$ 3.9 billion target set for the year.

 

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Press Release, February 26, 2014