The strike movement which affects several refineries and French fuel depots was renewed on Saturday at TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil.
On Saturday, three of the six French refineries were still shut down, namely the largest TotalEnergies refinery in Normandy, as well as the two French refineries of the American Esso-ExxonMobil, according to the General Confederation of Labor (CGT).
“We are about 70% strikers,” said Christophe Aubert, elected CGT at ExxonMobil, in a statement to the press.
In addition, at the TotalEnergies refinery in Feyzin (Rhône), there were 100% strikers in the dispatch service at 6 a.m., declared, for his part, Pedro Afonso, elected CGT.
“Usually, there are 250 to 300 trucks a day and between 30 and 50 wagons. There is nothing that will come out, ”he added, even if the refinery continues to produce.
At the French oil company, in addition to its Normandy refinery, strikers have been mobilized en masse in recent days at the Flanders fuel depot, near Dunkirk (North), at the La Mède biorefinery (Bouches-du-Rhône) and at the depot of fuels from Grandpuits (Seine-et-Marne) in particular, to limit the outflow of petroleum products as much as possible, according to the CGT.
According to TotalEnergies, the Grandpuits fuel depot is however not in operation on weekends. The blockades of the strikers lead to a decline in fuel deliveries, the service stations are therefore more often out of stocks of gasoline or diesel.
TotalEnergies manages almost a third of the stations in France. The French group also puts the disturbances on the account of the success of the discount at the pump of 20 centimes which it grants since September 1, in addition to the rebate of the State of 30 centimes.
With MAP