The board brought forward the maintenance date, after Fancap refused to guarantee guards during its next stoppage.
ancap resolved to advance the technical maintenance shutdown at the refinery the tile for next Monday the 14th, in the midst of the union conflict that stars fancap for the rejection of the company to associate with private parties in the Portland business, a decision that in any case would not affect the supply of fuels in the country.
When everything suggested that the stoppage of operations was going to be delayed due to the measures of force, the director of Ancap, Alejandro Stipanicic, He confirmed to Underlined his decision to start maintenance on Monday, originally scheduled for September 4.
The trigger for the definition was the decision of fancap of not having a union guard during the 24-hour strike that he announced for next Thursday the 17th, at the request of the Board of Directors that “operational continuity would be convenient”, with minimal guards.
stipanicic confirmed that the company is going to “turn off the refinery 15 days ahead of schedule” and clarified that it will not start “until after the maintenance shutdown”, which will generate millions in losses Ancap, in the framework of a long conflict with the union.
The measures of force not only delayed the conditioning, but they made the number of losses due to loss of profit grow up to 400 million dollars. In this sense, since fancap They warned that they will not put in overtime or work on weekends, which could push the cost up to $800,000.
What can happen to fuel in Uruguay?
Days ago, during a peak of the conflict between the company and the union, the chief gave a hint of what will happen next. “Ancap has the capacity to stop refining and importing,” he said about the supply of fuel, about which he said that he will maintain his price and quality.
Besides, stipanicic He assured that the firm “has the assets to bank a loss of lost profits of 400 million dollars.” However, he clarified that “the country is going to lose the back it has ancap to dampen the prices of fuels in the international market”.
Source: Ambito
