By presidential decree and in order to mitigate the outbreak of covid-19 in the country, from May 14 at 6 pm until May 18 at 5 am, there is total restriction of movement and closure of all commercial establishments.
The measures to restrict movement include the heavy transport of fuel and its derivatives, and the operation of the banking system is prevented, reported President Alejandro Giammattei on the night of May 14.
Chevron's $7 million investment in the Acajutla terminal in El Salvador increased its fuel storage capacity from 300,000 to 450,000 barrels.
As announced in 2016, the investment in the plant expansion consisted of the construction of two tanks, each with a storage capacity of 75,000 barrels.
The Honduran government approved the adjustment to the price of freight for the transport of fuel to the interior, which was set at $2.42 per kilometer, which corresponds to the cost per round trip.
The new tariff was made official by means of the Sen-026-2019 Agreement, which was issued by the authorities of the Secretariat of Energy and published last October 24.
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.
Driven by the demand for LP gas, super gasoline and diesel, fuel consumption in 2018 reached 3.386 million liters, 2% more than that recorded in 2017.
Data from the Costa Rican Petroleum Refinery (Recope) detail that between 2017 and 2018 total fuel consumption in the Costa Rican market increased by 68 million liters, going from 3,318 million to 3,386 million liters.
The construction of an oil pipeline and a maritime terminal in the Pacific for the transfer and storage of fuels, are some of the projects planned to develop the state-owned Recope in the next eight years in Costa Rica.
The construction of a new plant for storage and sale of clean products in Liberia, and the polyduct connecting this plant with Barranca, is one of the large-scale projects that the Costa Rican Petroleum Refinery (Recope) plans to develop in the coming years.
The Uber technological platform, which in Central America is currently transporting people and food, is planning to expand its service offerings to the freight transport business.
Uber and Uber Eats, platforms for transporting people and delivering prepared food, respectively, are already operating in the countries of the region. However, the U.S. company's new bet for Latin America is to use Uber Freight to transport cargo.
The court's pronouncement that declared legal the strike of the state fuel refiner and distributor in Costa Rica "has not been competent and introduces us into a very dangerous legal insecurity for national investment and the attraction of foreign investment."
From the statement of the Chamber of Industries of Costa Rica:
Fuels are critical and Costa Rica must be defended as well
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 2017, 6 million tons of natural gas passed through the interoceanic route, and by 2020 this figure could rise to 30 million tons.
Explained by an increase in supply in the US deposits and of reserves in Australia, the Panama Canal Authority estimates that in the next three years natural gas traffic could grow fivefold compared to the amount reported in 2017.
Price of a gallon of regular gasoline: Costa Rica $4.05, Nicaragua $3.77, Honduras $3.58, El Salvador $3.26, Guatemala $3.19 and Panama $2.91.
From a report by the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador:
The current reference prices show increases in all products due to the latest report provided by the Energy Information Administration (AIE), the issue of tariffs and international political sanctions by the US government. [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
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.
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.
In the first nine months of the year, 2.8 million barrels of marine fuel were sold, 38% more than was sold in the same period in 2016.
According to figures from the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP), the sale of marine fuel during the first three quarters of 2017 increased by 38% in year-on-year terms, rising from 2 million barrels between January and September 2016 to 2.8 million barrels in the same period in 2017.
Price of gallon of regular gasoline: Costa Rica $3.76, Nicaragua $3.68, Honduras $3.47, Guatemala $3.25, El Salvador $3.07 and Panama $2.79.
From a report by the Ministry of Economy in El Salvador:
For the present fortnight the reference prices for gasoline and diesel reflect an upward trend due to climatic factors that have hit the hydrocarbon market in the United States: [GRAFICA caption="Clic para interactuar con la gráfica"]