A maze of over 40,000 kilometres (25,000 miles) of pipes located at the mouth of the Seine where it spills into the Channel, the TotalEnergies refinery is working full throttle to keep planes flying and trucks running.
The refinery on the outskirts of the port city of Le Havre is France's largest and is key to supplying Paris. It has long been geared towards producing a large proportion of jet fuel and diesel, which until recently was popular for cars in France as well as trucks.
But now it is trying to maximise that production as much as possible as the Middle East war has not only cut off a huge chunk of the world's supply of crude oil, but refined products like diesel and jet fuel as well. France produces only half of the diesel it consumes.
Full story TotalEnergies refinery working full tilt to keep France fuelled
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