Frustrated motorists faced another day of long waits at petrol pumps across France on Friday, with President Emmanuel Macron urging residents not to panic as a strike at energy giant TotalEnergies entered its 12th day.
TotalEnergies, among the world's biggest oil companies, runs a network of around 3,500 filling stations in France, nearly a third of the total. Most of them are low on fuel, reports AFP.
Across France, nearly one in five filling stations were short of at least one type of fuel, according to government data"Does anyone know of a petrol station around here that's been re-supplied?" read a post in a local Facebook group on Friday morning.
"Where can I get ethanol?" posted another motorist in the hope of filling the tank before the weekend. Several of TotalEnergies' oil refineries have been blockaded by striking workers. "We've been dry since Sunday," a manager at a station in central Paris said on Thursday.
Since the start of September, TotalEnergies has cut petrol prices by 20 euro cents ($0.19) per litre to help vehicle owners cope with sharp rises in energy prices triggered by the war in Ukraine.
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