Petrobras oil output in Brazil falls 3.9 percent

Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras said on Saturday that domestic production fell 3.9 percent in March from February to 1.85 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, dropping for the 10th consecutive month. Falling output triggered a 17 percent decline in first-quarter profit, Petrobras reported on Friday. The company, listed as Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA, has wrestled for years to expand output as the quality of its aging fields declines.
Petrobras said the main cause of weak March output was planned maintenance work on its P-9, PCE-1, P-54 and FPSO Espirito Santo platforms in the Campos Basin.