Price of gallon of regular gasoline: Costa Rica $3.93, Nicaragua $3.74, Honduras $3.63, Guatemala $3.31, El Salvador $3.29 and Panama $2.99.
From a report by the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador:
The harsh winter that has hit the United States has caused an increase in the production of energy generated frompetroleumderivatives, which is used for heating, as well as the general consumption of derivatives in the North American country, which has contributed to a decrease in reserves in the United States.[GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
Price of a gallon of regular gasoline: Costa Rica $3.92, Nicaragua $3.65, Honduras $3.52, El Salvador $3.20, Guatemala $3.18 and Panama $2.83.
From a report by the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador:
The cold front that hit the east coast and the northern region of the United States, caused an increase in demand for fuel for heating.[GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
Price of gallon of regular gasoline: Costa Rica $4.03, Nicaragua $3.59, Honduras $3.45, Guatemala $3.14, El Salvador $3.11 and Panama $2.91.
From a report by the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graphics"] The mixed trend in the United States strategic reserves of crude oil and liquid fuels (diesel and gasoline) influenced the new reference prices for the last fortnight of 2017 following the last inventory report by the United States, the Organization of the Exporting Countries of Petroleum (OPEC) is holding firm to its pact to cut production of its member countries along with Russia.
Price of gallon of regular gasoline: Costa Rica $4.03, Nicaragua $3.59, Honduras $3.45, Guatemala $3.18, El Salvador $3.13 and Panama $2.92.
From a report by the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador:
The reference prices for gasoline and diesel will experience new increases as of December 5 due to the mixed behavior of the international prices of petroleum products; supported by the extension of the pact established by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in reducing production of crude oil and oil derivatives.[GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graphics"]
So far this year Chevron has invested $8 million in the opening of three stations and plans to start expanding the storage terminal in Acajutla.
The project to expand the storage terminal operating in Acajutla consists in increasing capacity"... by about 150 thousand barrels of fuel with the operation of two other tanks which will come online next year." Currently the plant has six tanks for diesel and gasoline, with a storage capacity of 300,000 gallons.
Price of gallon of regular gasoline: Panamá $2,63, Guatemala $2,71, El Salvador $2,81, Honduras $3,22, Nicaragua $3,46, y Costa Rica, $3,36.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador:
The Ministry of Economy announced on June 6, that the reference prices for fuels, in force from 7 to 20 June 2016, will experience an increase in their prices.
The company received the authorization to expand the jet fuel plant in Comalapa and plans to invest $20 million between 2015 and 2016 to improve the capacity of the plant in Acajutla.
Expansion of the terminal near the Comalapa airport will cost approximately $1 million and will allow for storage of up to 16,000 barrels of jet fuel to meet demand from the airlines with which it holds contracts.
Prices of a gallon of regular gas: Panama $3.90, Elsalvador $4.00, Guatemala $4.06, Honduras $4.57, Nicaragua $4.68, Costa Rica $5.22.
From a press release issued by the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador (Minec):
The Ministry of Finance announced on September 1, new variations in the reference prices for fuel, which will be in effect from 2 to 15 of September 2014.
They are demanding from the government more transparency in the management of fuel purchases and more information on how the market will be organized with the participation of the Venezuelan entity.
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of El Salvador has expressed concern about the interference that Petrocaribe and the Venezuelan government could have on El Salvador and has asked the government for greater transparency about how fuel imports will be handled once the agreement enters into force.
Gallon of regular gas: Costa Rica $5.17, Nicaragua $4.86, Honduras $4.75, Guatemala $4.22, El Salvador $4.17.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Economy in El Salvador:
The Ministry of Finance announced on June 23 new variations on the reference prices for fuel, which will be effective from 24 June to 7 July 2014.
During the month of June 2014, the price of WTI (West Texas Intermediate) in the Gulf Coast of the United States had an average value of $98.52 per barrel, showing an increase of +4.99% compared to the previous month. For its part, the international prices of petroleum products showed the following changes in the past few weeks: +2.04% in the price of premium gasoline, +2.0% in the price of regular gasoline and +0.33% in the price of diesel.
Gasoline distributors are concerned about Petrocaribe's recommendation that the Salvadoran government be the sole manager of oil imports.
An urgent appeal to the Government for it to call together companies from the sector and clarify the implications of El Salvador's entry into Petrocaribe, has been the reaction of the distributors of domestic fuels, in light of statements by representatives of Alba Petróleos suggesting that the government should establish an entity to manage the purchase and import of hydrocarbon derivatives purchases.
There is still no official information about whether brand name distributors will be able to keep importing fuel from their source of choice.
The request for entry into the oil agreement with Venezuela marks the economic and political differences between the outgoing government of Mauricio Funes and that of the new President Sanchez Ceren, indicating a higher affinity for the conglomerate led by Venezuela.
The fuel company has announced a regional expansion process in El Salvador, Honduras and Panama.
Juan Salazar, manager of the company, explained that in 2013 they plan to open 75 stations in these countries, with a total investment of $48 million and an average cost of $500,000 per facility.
The company began in 2010 in Guatemala with one gas station, by the end of 2011 it had 16 and it now has 37 plus a further 21 planned in this country by the end of 2012, according to elperiodico.com.gt.