“In terms of automobiles, I think that the All Saints’ weekend will be able to pass more serenely“, declares this Thursday, October 20 on franceinfo Frédéric Plan, general delegate of the French Federation of Fuels, Fuels & Heating, which represents fuel distributors, domestic and professional, and a thousand service stations.
Many motorists have put their All Saints weekend on hold for fear of running out of fuel as the strike was renewed this morning at the TotalEnergies refinery in Gonfreville-l’Orcher, in Seine-Maritime, and at the depot. of fuel in Feyzin, in the Rhône. Nearly 20% of service stations were affected by fuel shortages on Wednesday evening.
“From the time all the depots reopen, it takes two weeks.”
Frédéric Plan, General Delegate of the French Federation of Combustibles, Fuels & Heatingat franceinfo
“It can be said that the situation stopped getting worse at the end of last weekbelieves Frédéric Plan, now it’s a matter of seeing what the rate of improvement is“. The general delegate of the French Federation of Combustibles, Fuels & Heating assures that the most affected regions are “Ile-de-France, part of Normandy and Centre-Val-de-Loire, as well as the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region“.
Frédéric Plan estimates that it takes two weeks before a return to normal in the event of the reopening of all fuel depots. He adds that for service stations it goes faster in theory. As such, as the All Saints holidays begin this Friday evening, the manager is confident: according to him, there will be “less risk of running into dry pumps [sur l’autoroute] since these service stations under contract are delivered in priority“.
Finally, concerning fuel prices, Frédéric Plan predicts a drop in prices at the pump with the end of the strike. According to him, “today there is a surcharge in France which can be estimated at up to 20 euro cents per liter“.