State would return to the retail market to resolve disparity between prices defined by the management and the charged at gas stations
It circulated in the market on Thursday (17.Jul.2025) the news that Petrobras’s management would be analyzing the possibility of returning to the fuel retail market.
The proposal would be under discussion for the 2026-2030 Strategic Plan to resolve what the President (PT) has called. The president claims to be impossible for prices to remain high at gas stations while Petrobras president Magda Chambriard makes sacrifices to lower prices.
“Our diesel oil today, and our gasoline are cheaper than when we enter the presidency. Those who say it’s expensive need to take into account that even when Petrobras low, many gas stations do not reduce the price.”declared during Petrobras event in early July.
The state -owned company left the retail segment 4 years ago, when it sold the Br Distribuidora, Today operated by the vibration energy. The privatization process began in 2017 during the former president’s government (MDB). Privatization was completed in 2021 under the management of the former president (PL).
It is not yet defined whether the measure would involve an attempted full Renationalization of the vibra or the acquisition of a participation in the company. Vibra operates convenience stores and distributes fuel to kitchen and other petroleum derivatives.
According to Reuters, Two sources familiar with the subject said that Petrobras has no plans to sell fuel in retail. THE State has a non -competition clause with the vibration by 2029. Which would prevent change.
Vibra Energia said it will not comment on the issue. Petrobras, sought by this digital newspaper, did not comment on the matter. The space remains open for state manifestation.
What would change
The state-owned company sells to distributors-as a vibrates energy (formerly Distribuidora), Ipiranga and Raízen-which, in turn, supply posts and large consumers.
With the reentry of the oil company in this segment, these private companies may face greater competition and pressure on profit margins.
The movement would be a way to expand competition and reduce regional disparities in fuel prices. Recurring demand from the federal government.
Vibra Energia
Vibra Energia (VBBR3) shares registered a 2.22% drop in the closing of the market of this Thursday, according to the Financial Portal.
The movement is the same as the information that Petrobras would be analyzing the possibility of returning to the fuel retail market as an attempt to resolve the disparity between wholesale prices and the amounts charged at gas stations..
This is how the actions of Vibra Energy behaved. Click to open the chart in another tab:
