France has drawn from the strategic fuel reserves for the first time since 2010 because of a strike at the refinery.
Fuel shortages at petrol stations in France due to the strike at the refinery prompted the authorities to expend strategic reserves for the first time since October 2010.
He told reporters on Wednesday the Minister of transport Alain Vidal, authorities have already allocated a sufficient volume of fuel to supply demand for three days.
In the worst case, strategic reserves would hold out for at least three months, said the head of the UFIP (the group responsible for oversight of the oil industry of France) Francis Nozzle for the radio station France Inter.
If on Friday in France, there were only 300 filling stations experiencing a shortage of gasoline, on Wednesday, that number had risen to 4026 of the country’s existing 11.5 thousand stations, according to the app’s “Essence” (from the French “fuel”).
“A very difficult situation in the West, in the region of Paris, she is getting worse, as in the Rhone valley down to the Mediterranean coast,” – said one of the creators of Pierre eau Claire.
In the North of France introduced strict rules for the release of gasoline, many motorists have rushed to neighboring Belgium, and therefore, the projected fuel shortage in the border of the Belgian gas station.
In the southern var Department also introduced restrictions, the purchase of gasoline is not more than 20 Euro for cars, diesel fuel – up to 15 euros. For trucks, the limit above EUR 100, writes the French edition of the Local.
Some other departments of the South of France restricted the sale of fuel 20 gallons for most cars, the filling of petrol in cans is prohibited.
Strike over unpopular labour reforms have covered all eight refineries in France, some of them the manufacture of the fuel entirely suspended. In addition, the strikers continued to block access to a number of refineries, although a number of barricades have been cleared by the police.
The protesters are unhappy that under the new rules simplified the procedure for hiring and firing employees. The government adopted a new law on may 10 without a vote in Parliament.
Total, which owns five refineries in France, may review the plan for the modernization of the plant in Donje worth 500 million euros due to the strike.
