Open AccessSectorial analysis of liquefied petroleum gas
Author(s) -
Carlos Yezid Rozo Álvarez,
Lindsay Álvarez Pomar,
Ernesto Gómez Vargas,
Imelda Lizcano
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
visión electrónica/visión electrónica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2248-4728
pISSN - 1909-9746
DOI - 10.14483/22484728.15186
Subject(s) - liquefied petroleum gas , petroleum , liquefied natural gas , order (exchange) , china , consumption (sociology) , production (economics) , social accounting matrix , economics , intervention (counseling) , business , natural resource economics , economy , environmental economics , natural gas , engineering , waste management , political science , computable general equilibrium , macroeconomics , finance , psychology , paleontology , social science , sociology , psychiatry , law , biology
This article shows the results of the analysis performed to the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) sector, covering aspects related to its production and consumption, initially addressing the international scenario with countries such as Spain, Brazil, China, India and Ghana, to later make the analysis of the national scenario with a look at the participation of the sector within the energy matrix. Finally, a comparison of the international scenario with the national reality is made, concluding that the contribution of the sector to the economy of the country is quite small, it is not competitive despite having favorable environmental characteristics, making urgent its intervention in order to take it to be competitive within the basket of liquid fuels, in such a way that it becomes a viable alternative energy and is established from a public policy sector structure, allowing supply a market and meet social and economic needs.