Lots of fuel stations had ran dry in France by yesterday afternoon due to a strike at the refineries of the TotalEnergies group. As protests are set to continue, there are naturally fears of further fuel shortages.

Petrol station chain running dry in France due to strikes at refineries

More Hungarian fuel stations had to close down due to fuel shortages on Wednesday, and hundreds of stations fear running dry over the weekend, according to multiple Hungarian media reports. Hungarian oil company MOL has blamed foreign hauliers, claiming they have caused the problem by “sucking out all the gasoline” from pumps because of the lower fuel prices in Hungary. Meanwhile, many fuel stations say the real problem stems from the government's fuel price cap, which makes selling petrol and diesel loss-making.

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