The company AES Panama launched its liquefied natural gas storage system in the province of Colon, from where it plans to supply the entire Central American region.
This liquefied natural gas (LNG) distribution system will supply the 381 MW thermal plant located on site, also owned by AES, which began operating in August 2018.
This week the company CLH Aviación started providing fuel supply services at Tocumen air terminal in Panama.
After having won the tender to supply fuel and lubricants at Tocumen International Airport and regional terminals in 2017 for a period of 120 months, the company CLH Aviación stated that it has successfully started providing operations and maintenance servicesand supplying fuel at the air terminal.
In the Panamanian airport, 600 thousand gallons of jet fuel are consumed every day, and it is estimated that in the following months demand will increase by 50 thousand gallons.
The current capacity of the infrastructure only allows for storage of 1.4 million gallons of jet fuel, which is only enough to cover demand corresponding to two days of operations at the airport.
Total fuel storage capacity in the country is 29.8 million barrels, with Petroterminal de Panama´s tank representing 50% of the figure.
Panama has a storage capacity of 29.8 million barrels of oil, according to the latest report from the country's National Energy Secretariat.
The Fuel Free Zone (ZLC by its initials in Spanish) Petroterminal de Panama occupies almost half of the total capacity, through its two tank estates: Charco Azul in Chiriqui, which has a capacity of 7.5 million barrels, and Chiriqui Grande in Bocas del Toro, with a capacity of 7 million barrels. Both store oil and oil derivatives.
Price of a gallon of regular gasoline: Panama $2.34, El Salvador $2.48, Guatemala $2.44, Nicaragua and Honduras, $3.17 and Costa Rica, $3.77.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador:
New variations with a downward trend which occurred in this week, are due to the significant drop in prices of derivatives and oil, which are caused by the results of the latest OPEC meeting, where member countries reached an agreement on a maximum ceiling for oil production and maintaining the overabundance of supply, coupled with the fact that Iran will join the market next year, once the West has removed the sanctions that it imposed sanctions over its nuclear program. These factors lead to oversupply causing a decline in reference prices.
Price of a gallon of regular gasoline: Panama $3.25, El Salvador $3.56, Guatemala $3.56, Nicaragua $4.06, Honduras $ 4.11, and Costa Rica $4.99.
Excerpted from a statement issued by the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador:
During the month of November, the price of WTI (West Texas Intermediate) in the Gulf Coast of the United States had an average value of $75.34 per barrel, a decrease of -4.40% compared to the previous month.
Gallon of regular gas: $3.43 Panama, Guatemala $3.70, $3.82 El Salvador, Nicaragua $4.07, Honduras $4.33 and Costa Rica $5.16.
Excerpted from a statement by the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador:
In October, the price of WTI (West Texas Intermediate) in the Gulf Coast of the United States had an average value of $79.39 per barrel, a decrease of -6.29% compared to the previous month.