Brazil increases gas reinjection, flaring

Brazil increased natural gas reinjections and flaring in December from the same month in 2021, decreasing the amount of gas available to the market, according to preliminary data from oil and gas regulator ANP.

Gas reinjections — when gas is pumped back into wells to enhance oil recovery or avoid flaring — amounted to almost 69.5mn m³/d in December, up by 14pc from the same month in 2021. But it decreased by 3.8pc from November.

Gas flaring rose to 3.7mn m³/d, an 11pc increase from December 2021 and a 1.6pc rise from the previous month.

There was 52.8mn m³/d of gas available to the market, a 3pc decrease from the previous year and 5pc less than in November.

Total gas production rose to 140.1mn m³/d, 6pc higher than in December 2021. Production was 0.1pc lower than in November.

Gas consumption on production platforms rose to 14.6mn m³/d, up by 2.1pc from the same period in 2021 and down by 0.1pc from November.

By Rebecca Gompertz