Therefore, teams from the Dirección de Energía, Hidrocarburos y Minas (DEHM) are inspecting different gas stations in the country and performed tests by pressurizing the hoses to corroborate that the count of the pumps starts from zero and guarantee consumers that the hoses are in optimal operation.

In addition, they take samples of the fuel for analysis in the portable laboratory and determine that they do not contain any type of particles that may alter the quality of the gasoline and damage the vehicles.

The technicians finish with the verification of the fuel storage tanks, which consists of performing a test by immersing a rod covered with a paste that identifies whether water particles are present.

In the central zone, a gallon of premium gasoline will cost US$4.22, with an increase of US$0.11; regular gasoline will cost US$4.00, with an increase of US$0.14; and diesel will go up US$0.15 and its price will be US$4.08.

In the western zone, premium gasoline will cost US$4.23, with an increase of US$0.11; regular gasoline will cost US$4.01, with an increase of US$0.14; and diesel will increase US$0.15 and its price will be US$4.09.

Finally, in the east, special gasoline will cost US$4.27, with an increase of US$0.11; regular gasoline will cost US$4.04, with an increase of US$0.13; and diesel will increase US$0.14 and its price will be US$4.12.

This increase, according to the DGEHM, is due to external factors that influence the increase in fuel prices, such as the drop in oil reserves reported by the International Energy Agency (IEA) during january, as well as the cold fronts in the United States that reduced oil extraction last month.

Translated by: A.M