Will the queues in front of the country’s service stations diminish quickly? Whereas more than one gas station in 10 is affected by at least one shortage
fuel, and strikes at refineries across the country are disrupting supply,
the spokesperson for the oil groups wants to be reassuring.
“The fuels will arrive”assured this Thursday on franceinfo
Olivier Gantois, president of Ufip Energies and Mobilities, spokesperson for oil companies in France. He claims that the situation “will be okay today”due additional imports put in place to deal with the consequences of the ongoing strikes in French refineries.
Imports to replace production from striking refineries
“These imports are coming in,” he insisted, adding that it will “relax the situation”. “We are going to replace the production of refineries”, which are largely at a standstill, “by fuel imports”, explains Olivier Gantois. His priority, he says, “is to deliver to consumers”. “We will do what is necessary for that”, he continues, while the North and Pas-de-Calais began to dip into strategic stocks
, a lever that tankers are “putting in place”, for “relieve a region”Where “troubleshoot another”.
The North and East of France particularly affected
The president of Ufip however, refuses to speak of a shortage. “There is no generalized shortage” but one “supply voltage”, he specifies. She particularly affects the North
and the east of France, and “apparently” more TotalEnergies stations than its competitors, due to the social movement and the “successful” discounts at the pumpthe discount of 20 euro cents per liter put in place by Total to cope with the surge in the price of a barrel of oil, currently around 94 dollars.
Prices likely to remain high
“Prices will stay high
as long as the war in Ukraine lasts and also because of OPEC’s decision”, oil-producing countries, to reduce their production, warns Olivier Gantois. It evokes “a firmness” prices at the pump without being able to predict “an increase” in the coming months.