MOSCOW (MRC) -- Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras announced it will raise gasoline and cooking gas prices at the refinery starting on Saturday, at a time when high energy prices have been weighing on inflation, said Reuters.
According to Petroleo Brasileiro SA, as the company is formally known, gasoline prices will rise to 2.98 reais (USD0.5411) per liter from 2.78 reais, while cooking gas will go up to 3.86 reais per kg from 3.60 reais.
Petrobras said this marks the first adjustment to gasoline prices in 58 days and the first one for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in 95 days.
It added that the pricing changes come on the back of higher international oil prices and a stronger U.S. dollar.
Brazil’s consumer prices rose in September at the fastest pace for the month since 1994, with rising fuel and electricity prices largely to blame.
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Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Petrobras is an integrated energy firm. Petrobras' activities include exploration, exploitation and production of oil from reservoir wells, shale and other rocks as well as refining, processing, trade and transport of oil and oil products, natural gas and other fluid hydrocarbons, in addition to other energy-related activities.
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