The government has decided to requisition new strikers in the oil industry in order to stem fuel shortages, particularly in Île-de-France, a few days before the Easter weekend, we learned on Tuesday from the Ministry of Energy Transition.
Requisitions are underway, in particular at the TotalEnergies refinery in Gonfreville-l'Orcher (Seine-Maritime), the largest in France, "which
ships fuel in the Le Havre-Paris pipeline to Île-de-France and the Centre-Val de Loire since yesterday morning (Monday), thanks to the requisition of a few people per shift (3 to 4 maximum)
,” the ministry told AFP.
He added that the requisitions taken on March 29 for the oil depot of the SFDM, in Loire-Atlantique, are still in force, making it possible to ship fuel to Pays-de-la-Loire, Île-de- France, Centre-Val de Loire and Eastern France via the Donges-Melun-Metz pipeline, where one employee per shift is requisitioned.
Regarding the Normandy refinery, the CGT Chimie said that requisitions were "
effective
" from Monday to Thursday, implicitly confirming a resumption of shipments.
“
It is a question of supplying in particular the Île-de-France and the Centre-Val de Loire, where the situation is tense and with the approach of the Easter weekend and the school holidays
”, indicated to the AFP the office of Agnès Pannier-Runacher, Minister of Energy Transition.
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Towards an improvement?
The situation remains very complicated in the service stations of Île-de-France even if it seems slightly better than Monday, according to public data analyzed by Fig Data
.
In the Val-de-Marne, nearly one out of two stations is partially (39.8%) or completely (9.6%) out of service.
Same thing in the capital, where 37.5% of pump attendants report shortages.
A similar figure in Hauts-de-Seine (52.6%) or in Essonne (42.9%).
At the national level, 10.5% of service stations at the national level did not have, Monday at 1 p.m., either gasoline (SP98, SP95, E10) or diesel.
The tankers' union said on Monday evening that it was counting on a "clear improvement" in the situation at service stations in Île-de-France, despite persistent strike movements against the pension reform in certain refineries, such as refineries. TotalEnergies in Gonfreville and Donges (Loire-Atlantique) and the Esso-ExxonMobil refinery in Port-Jérôme-Gravenchon (Seine-Maritime).
An observation more or less shared by Francis Pousse, representative of service stations, who "
hopes that the situation in Île-de-France will improve
".
Francis Pousse warns, however, that it is impossible for us to return to a supply level for stations close to 0 at the end of the week.
"
If we find in Paris and around a level of shortage close to the national average, which is currently around 11%, it will already be very good,
" he insisted.
