On Tuesday, October 19, the day after President Pedro Castillo met with the general manager of Petroperú, Hugo Chávez, and the businessman Samir abudayeh, Chávez appointed Muslaim Abusada Sumar as manager of the Supply Chain. The Abused designation it would be key in the US $ 74 million tender that would be awarded shortly thereafter to Samir Abudayeh.
Indeed, on October 25, six days after his appointment by the manager Hugo Chávez, Muslaim Abusada issued a “technical report” to justify why Petroperú should buy biodiesel B100 in the domestic market, and no longer abroad, as the state oil company was doing.
The purpose of the change was to “promote the consumption of the national supply of biodiesel B100 under quality conditions and competitive market prices to guarantee in a timely manner the internal demands of the referred fuel in various refineries of the company (Petroperu), in order to contribute to the economic reactivation of the country, mitigate the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and comply with Peru’s international commitments on environmental issues, ”says Muslaim Abusada’s report. But the “technical study” does not mention that in the domestic market Heaven Petroleum Operators (HPO), Samir Abudayeh’s company, has a virtual dominance position.
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Petroperú sources with knowledge of the bidding process indicated to La República that the document signed by Muslaim Abusada, seized during the intervention of the Special Prosecutor’s Office on Corruption of Officials and the General Comptroller’s Office of the Republic in the Petroperú facilities, It cannot be considered a “technical study” and that it was prepared “exprofeso” to “focus on the purchase of B100 biodiesel only in the domestic market, which is controlled by Mr. Abudayeh.”
Muslaim Abusada’s “technical study” is a closed defense of the need to exchange international purchases of B100 biodiesel for acquisitions in the domestic market. The reason? The domestic industry (read basically Abudayeh’s company) it is in a position to satisfy demand, and it even plans to export the product.
On June 14 of this year, precisely, the economic newspaper Gestión published statements by Abudayeh in this regard: “He indicated that his refinery in Lurín can produce 30 thousand tons of biodiesel per month, a capacity that doubles the current orders in the country.
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For this reason, it explores the export path to Europe ”.
For the manager Muslaim AbusedBuying in the national market (that is, Abudayeh) would have benefits for the country. He agrees with Abudayeh that it can satisfy the demand of the domestic market, which includes Petroperú: “The local biofuel industry has enough installed capacity (453,000 tons / year) to cover 100% of the national demand.” In other words, Muslaim Abusada repeated the same thing that Samir Abudayeh told the newspaper Gestión.
Indeed, this year Abudayeh succeeded in Indecopi extends the restrictions on the importation of B100 biodiesel from Argentina for 5 years. The measure has been appealed by importers.
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In conclusion, Muslaim Abusada’s “technical report” stated: “It is recommended, in the procurement processes of (biodiesel) B100, prioritize local purchases of the national supply under conditions of competitive market prices, with the purpose of contributing to the economic recovery. ”**
Key code. Muslaim Abusada, appointed by the manager Hugo Chávez. Photo: broadcast
Finished purchase
It is not indicated in the Abusada document that Samir Abudayeh’s HPO company is in a position to satisfy the demand of the entire Peruvian market. Rather, what it indicates is that if purchased only in the national market, there will be “reduction of poverty and extreme poverty”; however, it does not make a price comparison, why it would be cheaper to buy from Mr. Samir Abudayeh.
This Muslaim Abusada report was approved by manager Hugo Chávez, but then, on October 27, presented another “economic technical report (for the purchase) of national B100 biodiesel”. Obviously, he insisted again that Petroperu should you buy the product in Peru: “The most convenient for Petroperú’s interests at this time is to make local purchases, which will facilitate the operation of the ports and the reduction of the capital employed in stock. And at the same time it favors the production and the environment of our country ”.
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Petroperú sources – adverse to Hugo Chávez’s management – insisted that the aforementioned document “is in no way a technical report, because it lacks all the components that characterize a technical study ”.
The funny thing is that this “technical report” of Muslaim Abusada is dated October 27, a day before Petroperú awarded the US $ 74 million contract to Samir Adudayeh’s HPO.
According to the same Petroperú sources, the Deputy Manager of Hydrocarbons Purchases, Arturo Muñoz Rodríguez, it did not agree with the bidding process because it “had its own name.”
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Samir abudayeh declared to the press that it was in a position to meet the demand for B100 biodiesel in Peru and that it produces so much that it plans to export to Europe.
