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DGH Resolución Directoral N.° 137-2026-MINEM/DGH exempts producers and wholesale distributors holding their own or contracted storage capacity from Article 43 of the fuel-commercialisation regulation (DS 045-2001-EM), which normally mandates minimum stock levels of gasoline/gasohol (Premium and Regular) and Diesel B5. The stated trigger is a disruption to inventory replenishment via maritime and land transport that was affecting continuity of supply to economic and productive sectors nationwide.
A second, geographically narrower exception in the same resolution suspends blending obligations (fuel-ethanol into gasoline; B100 biodiesel into Diesel N°2) for supply-plant and refinery operators, and for wholesale distributors selling the blended product, across six southern regions (Arequipa, Moquegua, Tacna, Puno, Cusco, Madre de Dios).
Both exceptions carry defined end dates (13 September and 1 September 2026 respectively) and MINEM states either can be terminated early by a further Resolución Directoral if conditions improve. A 15-calendar-day adjustment window follows expiry before normal minimum-stock and blending obligations resume. OSINERGMIN, Peru's energy/mining regulator, was notified to carry out compliance oversight.
removes a compliance floor rather than adding one, in response to a logistics-driven fuel shortage risk.
Puno/Cusco/Madre de Dios), suggesting the transport bottleneck is regional (a Pacific-coast or highland logistics corridor) rather than a nationwide feedstock shortfall.
(a sign the underlying logistics disruption persists) or confirming an on-schedule lapse.
replenishment (port congestion, strike, infrastructure failure)? MINEM's public materials do not specify a root cause.