<article><p class="lead">Brazil's available gas production would more than double in 2032 to 134mn m³/d, according to the ministry of mines and energy and energy research bureau EPE.</p><p>The amount does not take into consideration gas that is reinjected into wells and used for flaring and consumption at production sites.</p><p>Contingent resources account for 41mn m³/d, which is 31pc of the total available gas estimate. Another 17mn m³/d are undiscovered resources, which are potentially recoverable from known accumulations but are not yet considered commercially recoverable.</p><p>Brazil averaged 56mn m³/d of available gas in 2021.</p><p>Total Brazilian gas production will reach 323mn m³/d by 2032, a 54mn m³/d increase from the previous estimate. The average total gas production was 134mn m³/d in 2021.</p><p>In 2032, 94pc of the total gas production — or 304mn m³/d — will be comprised of gas from discovered production fields. That includes contingent resources, which represent 62mn m³/d of total estimated production.</p><p class="bylines">By Flávia Pierry</p></article>
