Margaux Fodéré, with AFP
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7:13 p.m., March 27, 2023
More than 15% of service stations in France are running out of petrol or diesel on Monday, the shortage being even more pronounced in the west of the country and in particular in Loire-Atlantique, where more than half of the stations are affected. , according to data analyzed by AFP. In total, 15.7% of service stations in France are short of at least one of the fuels (gasoline and/or diesel) they offered on March 1, according to the analysis made by AFP of the data from the government fuel price website. Among them, 7.4% are dry following the mobilizations in the refineries against the pension reform.
55% of stations lack at least one fuel in Loire-Atlantique
The most affected department remains Loire-Atlantique, with 55.06% of stations short of at least one fuel. Other departments in the West are also very affected (Mayenne, Ille-et-Vilaine, Maine-et-Loire, all above 40% of stations in short supply). The South also remains strongly affected, in particular the Bouches-du-Rhône with more than 40%, and several other departments with more than 30%.
The energy sector – gas, oil, electricity – remains particularly mobilized since January 19 against the reform, approved in parliament by the procedure of article 49.3. At this stage, two of the seven refineries continue to produce in France, that of Esso-Exxon-Mobil in Fos-sur-Mer in the Bouches-du-Rhône and that of TotalEnergies in Feyzin in the Rhône, which is running “in service at reduced flow”, according to the group’s management.
Shipments still blocked at the Port-Jérôme-Gravenchon refinery
This weekend, the Port-Jérôme-Gravenchon refinery (Esson-ExxonMobil) – whose shipments are still blocked – was shut down, failing to be supplied with crude due to the continuation of the movement of strike at the Compagnie Industrielle Maritime (CIM), at the oil depot in Le Havre. The TotalEnergies so-called “Normandy” refinery, in Gonfreville-L’Orcher in Seine-Maritime, is also shut down, said the group’s management.
After requisitions on Friday from employees to allow Ile-de-France to be resupplied with fuel, in particular kerosene for its airports, “shipments had to stop again”, said Monday Eric Sellini, CGT coordinator at TotalEnergies. The La Mède bio-refinery and the Donges refinery operated by the oil group were shut down for reasons other than the strike.