The TotalEnergie group reports that attendance at its service stations has increased by 30% since the beginning of September. In front of this race, several petrol stations are dry, especially around the ring road.
Is TotalEnergies a victim of its own success? Almost half of the TotalEnergies stations in Paris and around the ring road can no longer sell either petrol or diesel due to lack of supplies, reports France Bleu Paris. At the end of the day last Saturday, 17 TotalEnergies stations out of 40 could no longer sell diesel or petrol.
Contacted Tuesday by France 3 Paris Île-de-France, the group wants to be reassuring. “There is no shortage of fuel because TotalEnergies has stockpiled and currently imports regularly“. He also specified that from 1 September “beginning of the price drop in TotalEnergies stations, we are registering a significant influx within our station network (+ 30% approx.)“.
The group claims that:Despite the social movements, the restocking of our stations continues as part of the price reduction operation. Deliveries are not made on Sundays (deposits closed), which amplifies the phenomenon at the beginning of the week“. But he ensures that his teams”remain mobilized to meet this higher than normal demand and continue to supply the network thanks to additional logistical means“.
“A message for our customers: there is no need to rush to the resort because the price reduction offered at our resorts is valid until the end of the year.“, We can read in a press release from TotalEnergies.
However, TotalEnergies stations are closing one after another, particularly in Paris and around the ring road due to lack of fuel. They are waiting to be refueled, but the current strike within the oil group could complicate matters.
The discount applied by TotalEnergies, which is added to that of the government to contain fuel prices, has also caused a large crowd at the group’s service stations. However, it is difficult to say whether the fuel shortage is due to the strike, in progress since Tuesday 27 September, in the group’s French refineries or to the commercial gesture of TotalEnergies.
Other distributors are facing stock shortages, such as the Carrefour group.
