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Price of CNG may fall more to the consumer in Rio

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Announcement of auction of Petrobras encourages drivers, market segment and dealer conversions
Rio - As expected the fall in the price of gasoline, the surprise came from the Natural Gas Vehicle (CNG), which will fall more than expected. The decline in the price of oil in the international market, and the change in the dollar, will be recorded in quarterly review of contracts with the distributors of Petrobras. It is estimated that the price will fall 14% in utilities. The impact on pump should be 11% to 12%. But the recent news that Petrobras will auction surplus gas will further push prices down, especially in the second half.

According to the latest survey of prices of the National Petroleum Agency (ANP), a cubic meter of CNG costs on average U.S. $ 1,548 to the final consumer. In less optimistic forecast of 11%, drivers have converted cars could win a break of $ 0.17 per cubic meter, paying on average U.S. $ 1,377. In the most optimistic, with 14% drop, they may gain from the reduction of R $ 0,216, paying only $ 1.331.

"We still do not know what will be the reduction, but we expect a greater impact when Petrobras started to make the auctions. The increase in the supply of CNG creates this trend. But we need to put the repassem to consumers that will receive the fall of the utilities, "explains the coordinator of the Committee of CNG from the Brazilian Institute of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (IBP), Rosalina Fernandes. For the specialist, the first effects of the revisions will be felt from May. The impact of auctions will later in the second half.

The Industry of Repair of Vehicles and Accessories of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Sindirepa), which represents the workshops converter for CNG car, looks forward to the outcome of the meeting between representatives of Petrobras and distributors, which will be held tomorrow. The chief executive of Sindirepa, Celso Mattos, supply gas volume is currently very high, which reinforces the signs of recovery in the market, which went through bad times in the last two years, experiencing significant reduction in the number of conversions.

"There was a drop in consumption of the product of 17 million cubic meters per day. Today, the average consumption is in the range of 33.4 million cubic meters per day. The left is equivalent to more than half the level imported from Bolivia, "he says.

Alcohol keeps advantage in positions

In Rio, the price of alcohol to maintain the advantage over gasoline, but are very close to the limit in which to supply the fuel ceases to be more economical. The average price of gasoline in the state recorded for the search of the ANP is $ 2.535, while the alcohol is an average of $ 1.684 to 66.5% on the price of gasoline, which is still within the margin that makes the choice advantageous by alcohol (70%).

In Sao Paulo, where the economy is even greater with alcohol, the price equates to 54.87% of petrol. The state is proposing the addition of anhydrous increase in the gasoline mixture. The trend is a fall in prices of alcohol and maintaining the edge throughout the country, if the scenario keeps the price of petrol - that Petrobras has announced that it does not want to change. The center studies Cepea / Esalq, the early harvest of sugar cane will increase supply.



Source: The Day online

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