LPG deliveries to the south are complicated by protests

natural gas o LPG has become scarce in the south of the country, where protests The early elections have made them more radical, says Pablo Navarro, former director of hydrocarbons at the Ministry of Energy and Mines.

“The tankers are required to carry LPG as domestic gas from Pisco to Arequipa, Cusco and Punoit’s all south. But roads were interrupted for a few days, this means that if a housewife runs out of gas now, she will not find it or it will be more expensive,” he warned.

For this area Peru terminals Ilo and Mollendo they have tanks for storing gasoline and diesel fuel; however, LPG cannot be stored there, so natural gas is transported to these southern regions by tankers.

“We are in uncertainty because to the north the roads are free, and to the south, where regular fuel shortages are already noticeable, we can only get to Ica,” said Javier Marchese, president of the National Union of Transporters. .

MINEM requires LPG rationing for the electrical or industrial market

In recent days, “there was a failure in the reception center of TGP, a gas transmission company, which led to a reduction in the volume of gas on the market,” said Pablo Navarro, a former director of Hydrocarbons.

This problem caused Ministry of Energy and Mines provide for the cessation of natural gas exports and proportional distribution in the electricity market and industrial consumers in order to avoid restrictions for housewives and service stations.

Overview of the road blockade

According to the Interactive Map of the Land Transportation of Persons, Goods and Goods (Sutran) there are 126 intermittent transit points across the country.

The most difficult situation is in Cajamarca, Andahuaillas, Amazonas, Cusco, La Libertad, where demonstrations do not allow the passage of any vehicle.