Recently, service stations in Abitibi-Témiscamingue have run out of certain types of gasoline. It can be super or regular.
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A few Petro-Canada service stations ran out of gas this weekend in the area.
The general manager of Pétrole Alcasyna, which serves the Petro-Canada stations, indicates that the shortage of labor at the oil carrier is at the origin of these ruptures.
The quantities of products at the refinery in Montreal are there. The price of gasoline has nothing to do with it. It’s really a labor issue only.says General Manager Audrey Lapointe.
She ensures that the conflict in Ukraine or the increase in the price of oil are not linked to the lack of gasoline at certain service stations.
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The product may be in the region, but there is no carrier available to bring it to each service stationadds Audrey Lapointe.
This phenomenon has been going on for about a year, but has been exacerbated in recent weeks.
It’s been a year since we’ve had more difficulty, on the other hand, for a month, it’s even more difficult, we run out of product even more frequently.“, reports Audrey Lapointe.
Other gas station companies have not reported any gas supply problems at this time.