Great demand for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) by families caused “a punctual shortage” of the fuel. Petrobras says that the situation should be normalized in the coming days. Amid the pandemic and oil crisis, independent producers ask the MME to suspend royalty payments

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The information about the scarcity of fuel derived from petroleum came from the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME). According to MME, Petrobras will import an additional LPG, which will arrive on the market that day (30).

Petrobras is responsible for practically 100% of the supply of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) consumed in the country.

The measure was taken after a teleconference meeting between the MME's Secretariat of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (SPG) with various agents in the sector involved in the supply of cooking gas (GLP 13 kg), National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) and Petrobras.

"The technicians concluded that, due to the need for home isolation as a measure to contain the spread of the coronavirus, in some regions Brazilian families anticipated their purchases, in order to keep the LPG in stock in the homes", explained the Ministry of Mines and Energy, yesterday (29) by means of a note.

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