diluted by the inflation… devaluation. Quarter-on-quarter, EBITDA increased marginally due to the better B2B sales and seasonality offset by the retroactive spot price uptake. And spot energy is 59% of our capacity but only represented 24% of our power generation EBITDA which will keep shrinking unless recognition of prior adjustments keep up with the valuation. As these essential units to the grid continue being underpaid, it will be challenging to maintain them properly. However, recently, the government approved a price improvement for thermal legacy units, especially those with low load factor. Said improvement is temporary, payable between September and May, and linked with the electricity exports made by CAMMESA. Moving to Pampa's spot operating figures. Power generation in Q3 was 13% up year-on-year surpassing nationwide demand. We recorded higher CCGT dispatch at Loma and Genelba number one CCGT due to the better gas supply plus increased thermal dispatch with alternative fuels offset by the Plus unit's outages and low water import at Pichi Picun Leufu. Quarter-on-quarter the output rose 18% driven by seasonality but offset by the aforementioned outages. The power generation business model relies on capacity payments so the most important is to keep the availability as high as possible especially for PPAs. The availa- availability rate in Q3 reached 95%, slightly lower year-on-year mainly due to new units' and Energia Plus units' partial outages. Regarding our expansions, the closing to CCGT at Ensenada Barragan is more than 60% advanced. We continue working on the steam turbine, cooling tower, boilers and diverters. Also we are finishing the civil works and commissioning the high-voltage field. Around 1,700 people work in two shifts with all the COVID protocols in place to achieve the COD by sec- second quarter of 2022. Moving to the E&P, we posted an adjusted EBITDA of $104 million in Q3, a remarkable growth year-on-year and quarter-on-quarter driven by Plan Gas, winter season, and demand recovery, offset by more royalties and resumption of activity. Our total lifting costs increased 36% year-on-year and 26% quarter-over-quarter, explained by higher production output. However, lifting costs per unit stood at $6 per BOE, 11% more than last year but similar to Q2. This is mainly thanks to El Mangrullo's high productivity. Our global production increased 23% year-on-year and 20% quarter-on-quarter, again, mainly driven by Plan Gas, winter, and the local oil demand recovery to pre-pandemic levels. As a result, we averaged more than 57,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day of which 92% is gas, is gas. On the oil side, which represented 23% of the segment's revenue in the quarter, volumes sold increased by 40% year-on-year and 31% quarter-on-quarter to 5,900 barrels per day mainly explained by the local demand offset by lower exports. And oil price, driven by the Brent was 50% increase compare-… driven by the events, was 50% increase compared to the last year, but remains seen quarter on quarter. Regarding gas, as shown in slide 10, our volumes still average, uh, 326 million cubic feet per day in the quarter, roughly 25% up, uh, read, year on year and quarter on quarter, from the recent inaudible before. Going back to our production performance, as I said before, we reached an all time high record in September. Again, the numbers show what the quarter's growth consummating close to 70% of our overall gas. This block is wholly owned and operated by us with outstanding productivity boasted by the increased capacity. Our learned average price of the quarter was $4.4 per unit used. 76% up year to year and 14% increase quarter on quarter. Again, explaining the inaudible the peak is being sent spot prices out of the CSA, also selected the inaudible gas pricing levels. As you can see why below, the year to day sales are more diversified. Similar to the country's breakdown, gas retailers are also part of the supply in gas and they have priority in the winter, increasing their share to 39%. Also we are growing, as you can see, our B2B share. Regarding our EMP operations today, we strengthened our induction by recording $52 million during the quarter while it was marginal last year. This quarter we drilled eight times as well, also we completed 16 wells of which 15 are Tyke and one is Shell from foreign language A lot that which the maximum production rate of 28 cubic feet per day, becoming one of the most productive gas wells in foreign language Also as I said in the previous call, we are expanding the gas treatment plan among these so, reaching about 320 million cubic feet per day by the first half of next year. Now we drill 15 wells, and continue ten at foreign language Moving to the petrochemical business, we posted an account DVDA of $7 million in inaudible similar year on year, he higher raw material costs and inaudible compensated for the significant rise in commodity prices and industrial demand we covered. Quarter on quarter, DVDA halved, driven by higher raw material costs offset by increased sales of reforming products. The year on year and quarter on quarter to those sales volume increase was significant, especially with forming products. In addition of the quarter sales were exported. About cash and debt, so we are raising our CAPEX to accommodate more gas and we must highlight another quarter with solid cash flow position, generation. Driven by the outstanding operating performance from now our core businesses, and improved margins in the out streak. inaudible cash resulted in roughly $108 million. In comparison, last year's quarter represented $58 million stop flow due to the higher working capital. Notice that this quarter, working capital and others were positive, mostly swayed by improved collections from foreign language as shown in slide 13. Delays halved to 22 days compared to the maximum 46 days achieved in Q1 of this year. In addition we repaid a net of $50 million of principle debt and bought back shares for $3 million. So in total we generated $44 million of net cash, achieving $507 million of cash position by the end of the quarter. Moving on to slide 14, this slide shows consolidated figures including our affiliate ownership, but let's focus on the restricted group that reflects the bond parameters. As we began the call, our balance keeps trending despite the context. We continued to review the cross sales, having canceled most of the inaudible through the quarter for $55 million, posting $1.5 million as of September 2021. Almost 100% of that is eliminating dollars up from the 96% in June. The dollar debt bears an average interest rate of 7.8%. The average life we may see is 4.7 years. As said before, cash increase, 10% quarter on quarter to $507 million. Therefore, net debt decreased by $125 million to $917 million, a remarkable reduction just in a single quarter. Given the lower debt and higher VDA, the net ratio improved from 1.7 to 1.4 times quarter on quarter. In the next 12 months, the company faces less than $20 million of maturities. Therefore, we expect to keep trending our balance sheet. As a result, S&P upgraded our standalone rating to B- This concludes our presentation, and