Tension on fuels: strikes renewed at TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil – BFM Business

The strike movements which affect several French refineries and fuel depots were renewed on Saturday at the two oil companies, according to the CGT. On Saturday, three of the six French refineries were still shut down, according to the CGT: the largest refinery of TotalEnergies , in Normandy, as well as the two French refineries of the American Esso-ExxonMobil. “We are about 70% strikers,” said Christophe Aubert, elected CGT at ExxonMobil, “these are the same workforce all weekend , so it shouldn’t move and, there, nothing comes out. AFP Pedro Afonso, elected CGT. “Usually, there are 250 to 300 trucks a day and between 30 and 50 wagons. Nothing will come out there,” he added, even if the refinery continues to produce. the French energy company, in addition to its Normandy refinery, the strikers have been massively mobilized in recent days at the Flanders fuel depot, near Dunkirk (North), at the “bio-refinery” of La Mède (Bouches-du-Rhône) and at the Grandpuits fuel depot (Seine-et-Marne) in particular, to limit the outflow of petroleum products as much as possible, according to the CGT. The Grandpuits fuel depot is however not in operation on weekends, according to TotalEnergies .Strike blockades lead to lower fuel deliveries, so gas stations are more often out of stocks of gasoline or diesel. TotalEnergies manages almost a third of French stations. pennies.