Petrobras expands fuel price parity calculation period to cut volatility

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[RIO DE JANEIRO] Brazil's state-controlled oil company, Petrobras, has expanded to one year from three months the period for which it calculates the international price parity of the fuels it sells, the producer confirmed in a statement on Friday after a report by Reuters. Read more at The Business Times.

The frequency of when books calculate losses and gains against international prices has been undisclosed for almost two years. Until mid-2018, prices were adjusted daily.

In 2018 former CEO Pedro Parente quit after coming under pressure to relax a policy of adjusting prices daily at the pump in response to global fuel price increases that triggered a debilitating truckers' strike. It does not prevent the company from adjusting prices at the pump up or down anytime. The company said it has registered robust operational results.

 

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