The lack of fuel that was recorded over the weekend in Cuenca also occurred in Macas and Sucúa, in the Amazon, the National Chamber of Petroleum Distributors of Ecuador (Camddepe) reported, which is another mistake, “a lack of foresight” and “it is the top iceberg“.
President of the Union of Gas Stations Ivo Rosero said that the situation was evident until Monday, August 28, the lack of eco-land and super gasoline, including diesel.
Cuenca ran out of gas this Saturday: the city’s gas stations ran out of supplies
“This is another example of the lack of foresight, the mismanagement of the hydrocarbon sector in terms of oil derivatives, it is the sum of mistakes, absurd measures. Lack of eco and super, claims the Government, which is a problem in the Panama Canal, but it is clearly a reflection of a lack of planning,” he repeated.
The governor of Azuay, Consuelo Orellana, attributed the problem to the delay of various supplies due to “a lack of water in the Panama Canal and bad weather at the La Libertad waterfront that slows down local maritime logistics.”
In the sum of errors, Rosero mentioned the ecoplus 89 gasoline and that it was not well received, the announcement of raising the octane number of extra gasoline and eco 85 at no cost to the consumer, and then “they realize that it will cost 16 cents further”. He also described as “another failure” the targeting of fuel subsidies. The sector retains its right to its marketing margin, which was frozen for 20 years in cents. “They told us in March that we were right, Minister Pablo Arosemena, Deputy Minister of Energy, that yes, they studied our numbers and they really agreed with us, that 600 out of 1,200 are operating from the break-even point down,” he pointed out.
The lack of gasoline in Cuenca affects the work of taxi drivers and delivery services
That’s why he said that “Cuenca is the top iceberg“. In addition, he learned that “there are also supply problems” in Pascuales, compounded by the problem in the Panama Canal. “There is no shortage of water in the canal day by day. It seems that there was a lack of foresight, one cannot leave the country without supplies and on top of that set quotas with an absolutely anti-technical analysis,” he said.
For President Camddepe, “the issue is extremely serious because in addition to what is happening in Cuenca”, there is also the imposition of quotas on 455 gas stations in the country for the sale of premium diesel.
The Ministry of Energy and Petroecuador did not respond to this newspaper about the reasons for the fuel shortage in Cuenca.
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