Petroecuador hopes fuel supply in Cuenca will return to normal with increased delivery during extended hours

In order to “guarantee the delivery” and fuel supply of southern Ecuador, “actions” and “necessary operational coordination” were developed, Petroecuador reported, after the weekend and during these days there was a shortage of ecopain gasoline and super premium in the capital of Azuay and in various cities in the Amazon, including Sucúa and Macas.

“The necessary operational actions and coordination for recovery have been carried out stock of fuel at the Cuenca Clean Products Terminal, to guarantee the shipment and supply of eco-country, super premium and premium diesel in the southern part of the country,” the state-owned company said in a statement on Wednesday, August 30.

The lack of fuel in Cuenca still exists, and according to gas stations, it is also occurring in Amazonia

According to Petroecuador, in dialogues with the representatives of the fuel distributor Azuay, they indicated that the state-owned company “programmed a higher volume of fuel shipments in extended working hours” and thus “the supply of these derivatives will normalize during this week”. of oil in Cuenca.

The company also emphasized that it is taking “all the necessary steps to increase and reprogram the volume of imports that will enable maintenance stock for providing derivatives”.

And that is that over the weekend, the governor of Azuay, Consuelo Orellana, attributed the fuel shortage to the delay in supplies due to “the lack of water in the Panama Canal and the bad weather at La Libertad waterfront that is delaying local maritime logistics”.

Petroecuador also stated in the statement that it respects the supply of premium diesel in the automotive segment, as determined by the Agency for the Regulation and Control of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources.

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