After the YPF steps, Shell increases 9% super naphtha

Twenty-four hours after YPF, the market leader,
will increase its naphtha and diesel, the Shell oil company has followed in its footsteps and announced from scratch a tuesday


increase
9% in its super naphtha and between 11 and 12% in high-end naphtha and diesel. In this way, the superliter will increase from $ 27.08 to $ 29.52; the high-end V-Power n-vtha will increase from $ 31.48 to $ 34.99 and the V-Power Diesel will increase from $ 27.66 to $ 30.98 per liter. The Diesel Formula, meanwhile, will increase from $ 23.58 to $ 25.82

The company's sources justify the increase due to the devaluation and the impact of other costs on the final value of fuels, such as the rise of biofuels. . They also pointed out that they are the only company in the industry that is not integrated, that is, that refines and does not produce oil. "The last increase we applied was June 2, with a dollar that was at $ 25.40 while it's now at around $ 28.80, and in a month we've had a devaluation of over 13%, "they said.

The sources anticipated that there should be at the same time. future of further increases in fuels to close the economic equation "Until today, we were down 30% in the year, with this increase we will not recover not a third and we will continue to fall by 20%, "she said.

The sale of super naphtha represents 65% of the local activities of Shell while the remaining 35% correspond to the premium versions of their fuels