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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549



FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of March, 2014

Commission File Number 1-15106



PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. - PETROBRAS
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Brazilian Petroleum Corporation - PETROBRAS
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)



Avenida República do Chile, 65
20031-912 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Federative Republic of Brazil
(Address of principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F. 

Form 20-F ___X___ Form 40-F _______

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes _______ No___X____

 


 

 

 

 

PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. - PETROBRAS

Public Company

 

Material Fact

 

Petrobras’ Proven Reserves in 2013

 

 

Rio de Janeiro, March 7th, 2014 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras announces the volume of its proven petroleum (oil and condensate) and natural gas reserves, assessed at the end of 2013 according to the Securities and Exchange Commission - SEC criteria.

 

Petrobras’ Proven Reserves in 2013

 

On December 31st, 2013, Petrobras’ proven oil, condensate and natural gas reserves reached 13.123 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe), which represents an increase of 1.9% from 2012, as shown:

 

Volumes of Proven Reserves (SEC criteria) in 2013

 

Item

Proven Reserves

Brazil

Oil and Condensate (billion bbl)

10.658

Natural Gas (billion m3)

299.20

Oil Equivalent (billion boe)

12.540

International

Oil and Condensate (billion bbl)

0.374

Natural Gas (billion m3)

35.491

Oil Equivalent (billion boe)

0.583

Petrobras Total

Oil and Condensate (billion bbl)

11.032

Natural Gas (billion m3)

334.691

Oil Equivalent (billion boe)

13.123

 

During 2013, 1.218 billion boe were added to proven reserves. In that year, interests in fields with proven reserves amounting to 0.118 billion boe were sold. The balance between appropriations and sales resulted in an increase of 1.100 billion boe to proven reserves, against a production of 0.861 billion boe. These volumes do not take into account the production of Extended Well Tests (EWTs) in exploratory blocks in Brazil or the production in Bolivia since the Bolivian Constitution prohibits the disclosure and registration of its reserves. The evolution of the proven reserves, according to SEC criteria, is shown:

 

 

 

 

 

Evolution of Proven Reserves (SEC criteria) in 2013

 

Composition of proven reserves

Brazil

(billion boe)

International

(billion boe)

Total Petrobras

(billion boe)

a)        Proven Reserves December/2012

12.263

0.621

12.884

b)        Additions to Proven Reserves in 2013

1.122

0.096

1.218

c)        Sales in 2013

-0.045

-0.073

-0.118

d)        Balance in 2013 (b+c)

1.077

0.023

1.100

e)        Production in 2013

-0.800

-0.061

-0.861

f)         Annual Variation (d+e)

0.277

-0.039

0.238

g)        Proven Reserves December/2013 (a+f)

12.540

0.583

13.123

Apparent differences in the sum of the shares are due to rounding out.


 

 

For each barrel of oil equivalent extracted in 2013, 1.28 barrel was appropriated, resulting in a Reserve Replacement Index (RRI) of 128%. In 2013, the Reserve/Production (R/P) ratio was 15.2 years, as shown below:

 

Reserve Indicators (SEC criteria) in 2013

 

Indicators

Brazil

International

Petrobras Total

RRI (%)

135%

37%

128%

R/P (years)

15.7

9.5

15.2

 

 

The highlights of 2013, in terms of the proven reserves in Brazil, were:

 

 

­   A volume of 0.720 billion boe was appropriated to proven reserves in 2013 from these fields, corresponding to 23% of the volume contracted for these areas;

 

­   Petrobras has the right to extract up to 5 billion boe of petroleum from certain pre-salt areas acquired in 2010 through the Transfer of Rights Agreement. These new fields include the right to extract 3.186 billion boe, of which 3.058 billion boe from Búzios and 0.128 billion boe from Sul de Lula;

 

­   The remaining contracted volume for these two fields will be appropriated to proven reserves as projects are implemented.

 

 

 

 

­   For the pre-salt, in the Albacora, Caratinga and Marlim Leste fields, in Campos Basin;

 

­   For the post-salt, in the Piracaba field, in Santos Basin, in the Taquipe and Araçás fields, in the Recôncavo Basin, and in the Rio Urucu field, in the Solimões Basin.

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

The highlights of 2013, in terms of Petrobras’ proven reserves abroad, were:

 

 

 

Petrobras clarifies that the properties of the hydrocarbon reserves belong to their respective Nation States.

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: March 7, 2014
PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A--PETROBRAS
By:
/S/  Almir Guilherme Barbassa

 
Almir Guilherme Barbassa
Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer
 
 

 

 
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