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The decline in international fuel values led Acelen to also reduce the national prices of its products. While diesel had a 10% reduction in its value, gasoline reduced by 5%, in the final transfer to distributors.
The fuel sector continues to stabilize and seeks ways to follow the international scenario in recent weeks. For this Wednesday (14/12), the Mataripe Refinery, an important Acelen asset located in the state of Bahia, announced a price reduction in your products. The value of gasoline passed on to distributors was reduced by 5%, while diesel suffered a 10% drop in prices. There is still no forecast of benefits to the final consumer with the new readjustments.
Mataripe refinery monitors the international market and readjusts gasoline and diesel prices, reducing the amounts passed on to distributors
Over the last few months, the international fuel market has been stabilizing more and more. With the drop in oil values being visible in most of the world's players.
In this way, several companies in the domestic market seek to follow the trend and adapt to the readjustments made by oil producers.
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Acelen is one of them. The company, which has managed the Mataripe Refinery since 2021, when Petrobras sold the asset, announced a major drop in prices for the plant's products.
Gasoline had a 5% price reduction. While diesel had its value reduced by 10% in the transfer to distributors, thus guaranteeing a sharp drop in values.
The Mataripe Refinery is one of the most important in the Northeast region, guaranteeing a good supply of the states in the area. In addition, it has the capacity to process more than 300 barrels of oil per day, corresponding to 14% of Brazil's total refining capacity.
Thus, it is now moving towards an even greater stabilization of gasoline and diesel production, enabling a sharp reduction in product prices, such as that carried out by Acelen.
Acelen reinforces the transparent pricing policy for the Mataripe Refinery and says it will continue to follow market trends to adapt to the global scenario
When asked about the readjustments made to the prices of gasoline and diesel at the Mataripe Refinery, Acelen reinforced its position regarding global market trends, stating that it will continue to adapt to the international scenario.
She said that fuel pricing “follows market criteria, which take into account variables such as the cost of oil, which is purchased at international prices, the dollar and freight, and may vary up or down”.
"The applied reduction reflects the company's transparent pricing policy, supported by technical criteria, in line with international market practices", concluded the fuel company.
Acelen's reduction in the prices of products passed on to distributors was not the only one in the domestic market recently. During the last week, Petrobras reduced the price of diesel by 8,18% and gasoline by 6,1%.
However, price adjustments at refineries are not immediately passed on to final consumers. At gas stations, then, the final consumer will still not benefit from these changes.
Discover the Mataripe Refinery
The Mataripe Refinery has the capacity to process more than 300 barrels of oil per day. Corresponding to 14% of the total refining capacity in Brazil and more than half of the supply of the entire Northeast region of Brazil.
