While strike notices were filed on January 19 and 26, an interactive government map is available to track the status of stocks.
The unions of the CGT oil branch have filed strike notices on January 19 and 26. A situation that raises fears of fuel shortages. This is why some motorists may be tempted to refuel in advance. Which can lead to shortages.
For the moment, however, this seems contained. Indeed, at the end of the weekend, this Monday, about 3.75% of French service stations had a shortage of diesel or gasoline. This is not alarming at the end of a weekend, according to these data, analyzed by the oil sector and AFP. Witness the words of Olivier Gantois, president of the French Union of Petroleum Industries (Ufip), interviewed by us:
“It’s a natural percentage and it has nothing to do with social movements. It happens regularly that some stations are out of stock because they had ordered their restocking a little too late. What is happening right now does not bode well for a supply crisis worthy of the one we had in October. »
A government map to find out about fuel shortages
However, the president of Ufip cannot not predict if shortages will affect France in the days to come, following these strikes. He does not say nevertheless worried :
“There is a strike notice that has been filed in the refineries (…) Everything depends on 1) the number of refineries affected by the strike 2) the number of strikers in each of the refineries and 3) the duration of the movement. In October, they (the refineries, editor’s note) stopped because the strikes lasted longer. The strike notice and the lack of information on how it will be followed tomorrow (note: Thursday January 19) does not allow us to say that we are going towards supply problems or not. But we are still worried. “as it is still very recent, people still have in mind what happened in October”
Last October, strikes in French refineries and fuel depots had indeed led to fuel shortages throughout France. Faced with difficulties in finding fuel, the government is making an interactive map available, available here: https://www.prix-carburants.gouv.fr/. The latter is updated regularly and provides information on the presence of one or more fuels in a given area.
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While strike notices were filed on January 19 and 26, an interactive government map is available to track the status of stocks.
The unions of the CGT oil branch have filed strike notices on January 19 and 26. A situation that raises fears of fuel shortages. This is why some motorists may be tempted to refuel in advance. Which can lead to shortages.
For the moment, however, this seems contained. Indeed, at the end of the weekend, this Monday, about 3.75% of French service stations had a shortage of diesel or gasoline. This is not alarming at the end of a weekend, according to these data, analyzed by the oil sector and AFP. Witness the words of Olivier Gantois, president of the French Union of Petroleum Industries (Ufip), interviewed by us:
“It’s a natural percentage and it has nothing to do with social movements. It happens regularly that some stations are out of stock because they had ordered their restocking a little too late. What is happening right now does not bode well for a supply crisis worthy of the one we had in October. »
A government map to find out about fuel shortages
However, the president of Ufip cannot not predict if shortages will affect France in the days to come, following these strikes. He does not say nevertheless worried :
“There is a strike notice that has been filed in the refineries (…) Everything depends on 1) the number of refineries affected by the strike 2) the number of strikers in each of the refineries and 3) the duration of the movement. In October, they (the refineries, editor’s note) stopped because the strikes lasted longer. The strike notice and the lack of information on how it will be followed tomorrow (note: Thursday January 19) does not allow us to say that we are going towards supply problems or not. But we are still worried. “as it is still very recent, people still have in mind what happened in October”
Last October, strikes in French refineries and fuel depots had indeed led to fuel shortages throughout France. Faced with difficulties in finding fuel, the government is making an interactive map available, available here: https://www.prix-carburants.gouv.fr/. The latter is updated regularly and provides information on the presence of one or more fuels in a given area.
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