*Brazil’s crude output leapt by 10% year-on-year to a record 3.23mn b/d for the first half of 2023. Crude exports at 1.48mn b/d were also a first-half record, albeit only fractionally above the 2020 figure. March saw record monthly exports of 2.54mn b/d.

*This comes as output surged to a new monthly record of 3.37mn b/d for June after the previous month’s start-up of two 150,000 b/d FPSOs at the Buzios and Marlim fields. (CONTINUED - 168 WORDS)