
Petrobras increases gasoline price by 5% at refineries
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- July 8, 2020
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Five days after the last adjustment, Petrobras announced this Tuesday a increase average in the prices of Gasoline of 5%, or R$ 0.0794 per liter, which comes into effect from this Wednesday at the company’s refineries and delivery bases.
The oil diesel did not undergo price changes.
This is the ninth readjustment of gasoline prices by the company since last month, following the slight recovery of international oil prices, after having been dropped in the months of April and May due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
type oil Brent, used as a world reference, it is being traded this Tuesday at US$ 43.30 a barrel, after having been quoted below US$ 20. WTI, traded on the American market, is quoted at US$ 40.70 a barrel.
In the year, until June, Petrobras promoted twelve reductions of gasoline prices. Until the last adjustment last week, the fuel still accumulated a reduction of 17.8% in refineries.
Source: IG