The vice president of the state company assured that the technical shutdown of the La Teja refinery requires emergency purchases and imports.
After the board of directors decided to advance the technical stop of the La Teja refinery this week, the vice president of the National Administration of Fuels, Alcohol and Portland (Ancap), Diego Durand, He assured that from the state company they will have to import emergency fuel and that there could be a lack of it.
Vice President of ancap assured in an interview on 970 News that the technical stop of the La Teja refinerywhere union problems are added, “imposes having to make emergency purchases, emergency imports.”
Durand assured that they could have some supply difficulties due to the strike this Thursday by the Ancap Federation (Fancap). “If the stations do not have enough stock, the necessary measures must be taken, the message goes so that this strike affects the population as little as possible,” explained the vice president of the state company.
Regarding the dialogue with the union, Durand remarked that the “all possible bridges” to be able to resolve the approaches of both parties, although he stressed that the company is run by the board of directors and not the union. “When there are intransigent ways or positions, we have to move forward. There must be a way out for the good of the country, ”he emphasized.
The cost for Ancap continues to rise due to union problems
Refinery maintenance costs have been increasing since the beginning of the year due to different factors. The last one has to do with the union fight against the private association with ancap for the portland business.
This caused different actions that they delayed the conditioning of La Teja to start maintenance, which, in turn, caused the number of lost profits to grow to $400 million. One of the main causes is that since the Ancap Federation they ensured they would work on a regime – no overtime and Monday through Friday – which would increase the cost per day to $800,000.
On the other hand, since fancap they stopped signing the necessary permits to carry out the tasks, as well as prevented work on the steam plant boilers, which are essential for the stoppage of the units, while suspending the annual inspections of the boilers.
Source: Ambito
