The executive director of the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH), Germán Jiménez, ruled Currently, there is a surplus of production of 130 metric tons per day.
“Domestic demand is located at 130 thousand carafes dailywhile production reaches 158 thousand. There is a surplus and priority is the domestic market, ”said Jiménez in the program the facts tell, Bolivia TV
The authority clarified that the Bolivian LPG is generated from the refineries (with 120 tons per day), the plants separating fluids from Rio Grande and Carlos Villegas (approximately 120 thousand garrafas) and the production plants (another 20 thousand). “We have the capacity to cover all national demand and even export surplus“, held.
Jiménez explained that the recent increase in consumption – around 20% between May and July – replies to the winter season, which motivated a reinforcement in the distribution in departments such as Santa Cruz, Cochabamba and Oruro.
Speculation and border control
Regarding reports on scarcity in areas such as Santa Cruz, El Chapare or Desaguadero, Jiménez said that these are specific cases, generated by logistics delays or unfounded speculation. “In the case of the Chapare, for example, the demand was 23 thousand carafes And more than 26 thousand were distributed, that is, 116%were fulfilled, ”he explained.
To avoid the jacket diversion to smuggling – especially to Peru, where a carafe can cost up to 120 Bolivians – the ANH implemented the sovereignty plan, which includes military surveillance at the borders and controls to 197 service stations. “Today we not only control the sale, but also the traceability from plant to final destination“, said.
In addition, Jiménez revealed that technological control has intensified with systems that detect the repetitive load of plaque fuel. “More than 32 thousand suspicious vehicles were identified and 4,000 were blocked. Now the owner must go to the ANH to obtain a unique pin that prevents its plaque from being cloned,” he explained.
Diesel situation
Asked about the distribution of gasoline and diesel, Jiménez admitted that diesel remains the most sensitive point of the energy system, since 90% of the product is imported.
“The port of Arica is keywhere around 130 cisterns a day enter, equivalent to almost 4 million liters, which represents a third of the national demand, ”he said. He said that, despite some delays, the discharge operations in Arica are carried out normally.
To reinforce the supply, it has been instructed that each cistern that leaves the storage plant has military escort and a digital traceability system, which allows you to verify timeDownload and volume place delivered at each service station.
“The priority is to guarantee the internal supply. If there is surplus, it is exported, but first is the Bolivian people,” Jiménez emphasized. He also asked the population to avoid speculation and denounce any irregularity to the Call Center of the ANH.
