SAO PAULO, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Brazil's oil production reached 2.84 million barrels per day (bpd) in December 2021, up from 2.73 million bpd in the same period of the previous year, local oil regulator ANP said on Wednesday.

The country's natural gas output averaged 132.23 million cubic meters per day in the last month of 2021, up 4% year-on-year, ANP said. Combined oil and gas production was 3.67 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed), versus 3.53 million boed in 2020.

(Reporting by Marta Nogueira; Writing by Peter Frontini; Editing by Chris Reese)