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Rafael Herzberg
Rafael Herzberg
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Gas prices (Brazil)

Gas prices (Brazil)

Brazil has the particularity of being very different from competitive countries.

The gas market is still essentially closed.

Just look at the statistics at Natural gas prices around the world, Natural gas prices around the world, June 2024 | GlobalPetrolPrices.com

A good part of the natural gas distributed has tariffs granted by the regulator that keep the cost of gas high.

If we are so creative and the country has such abundant gas reserves, what would be the reason for us to persevere on this losing path (for the majority)?