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Montevideo, November 5th 2024 - 05:51 UTC

Tag: liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)

  • Friday, September 22nd 2023 - 10:04 UTC

    Argentina releasing LPG trucks bound for Paraguay

    By Thursday, 22 units had been stopped by Argentine Customs

    In the latest episode of the feud between Argentina and Paraguay, trucks carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) bound for Asunción and detained by Argentine customs began to be released Thursday, it was reported, a week after barges carrying fuel were also detained for unpaid tolls on the Paraná River waterway.

  • Tuesday, July 4th 2017 - 02:49 UTC

    Bolivia's YPFB wins bid to sell LPG to Paraguay

    With this new sale YPFB becomes a “major player” in the LPG regional industry,

    Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) CEO Oscar Barriga announced Monday that the state company will export 4,000 tons of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to Paraguay.

  • Saturday, September 26th 2015 - 08:03 UTC

    Petrobras increases LPG price 11% for commercial and industrial clients

    Brazil is an important oil producer but its refineries cannot produce enough LPG for domestic needs, forcing the country to import a quarter of LPG needs.

    Petrobras announced that the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for commercial and industrial clients has risen 11%, effective midnight Friday. The company said the increase does not affect the price of LPG sold in smaller containers for residential uses such as household cooking, which rose 15% on September first.

  • Wednesday, September 2nd 2015 - 06:27 UTC

    Petrobras increases price of LPG by 15%, the first adjustment in 13 years

    The gas, sold in standard and ubiquitous steel bottles holding up to 13 kilograms of LPG, is essential for cooking and heating for millions in Brazil

    Brazil's Petrobras announced late Monday that it would raise the wholesale price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by 15% effective Tuesday, the first price adjustment for the essential cooking gas in 13 years. The move is part of efforts by Petrobras to reduce losses on fuel sales, a company Petrobras source said.