The Energy and Water Services Regulatory Unit presented its report on Import Parity Prices.
The Energy and Water Services Regulatory Unit (Ursea) foresees an increase in the naphtha and a drop in gasoil for February, according to its report on the Import Parity Prices (PPI) corresponding to last January.
This Monday, Ursea published its PPI report, one of the factors that the government takes into account when setting transportation rates. fuels each month. According to the analysis of the regulatory unit, Super 95 gasoline had a variation of 1.12%; while Premuim 97 gasoline increased 1.23%.
For their part, the ex-plant parity prices of the gasoil 10S and 50S also fell 0.92% in January compared to the data recorded in December of last year.
Regarding liquefied petroleum gas (supergas), which has been sold for a long time below the import parity price, had a variation of 4.15%. In turn, the propane had a variation of 6.21%, while the fuel oil medium and heavy, 4.30% and 3.34%, respectively.
“When it is decided to maintain the price, Ancap is not affected at all”
Compared to an international price of Petroleum which is stable, Undersecretary of Industry, Energy and Mining (MIEM), Walter Verriassured last week that this could be an element for the price of gasoline to remain stable in the month of February and lower the gasoil. In addition to the price of oil, the leader points out that the exchange rate must also be considered.
“When it is decided to maintain the price or apply the PPI, in reality the situation Ancap It does not affect anything, the company buys the fuel at the same price that Ursea calculated the PPI,” explained the MIEM undersecretary.
Source: Ambito
