April 17, 2012. Illustration of a gas pump. // PHOTO: V. WARTNER / 20 MINUTES – A. GELEBART / 20 MINUTES

closed stations, queues that stretch … Several prefectures have issued orders temporarily restricting fuel delivery because of blockage in western and northern France mainly,
 refineries or fuel depots by demonstrators opposed to Labour Law

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The prefectures of Ille-et-Vilaine , Côtes-d Armor , Finistère , the Orne
 Loire-Atlantique, Vendée , Mayenne or the Eure took Friday arrested limited to 20 or 30 liters volume maximum fuel for cars, and 40 or 150 liters for trucks.

Several prefectures have banned the storage of fuel in canisters, as in Seine-Maritime in the Calvados , but the North , Amount or the Pas-de-Calais in calling it “the civic and individual responsibility” or requisitioned some stations for supplying fuel to the emergency services.

Unlocking by force of some fuel depots

Without supply and face the fears of some users who rushed to the pump fearing a shortage, many service stations were found to dry for Thursday and had to close. And Le Havre on Friday morning, time was needed to find a station still open. In Rennes in the late afternoon queues lengthened at petrol pumps still open.

Facing the specter of fuel shortages, the government decided on Friday to take rationing and also to release by force of some fuel depots. At the same time unions have voted to stop production of some big refineries, adding to the confusion.



“10% break on species at French level”

According to Certas Energy France, which operates service stations under the Esso brand, there are “about 10% break on species at the french level” in their network problems “mainly focused on the Normandy area and Haut-de -france “and” approximately 23% for the diesel “. In Oise, Seine-Maritime and Somme, there breaks on diesel to “almost 100%”, said the spokesperson of the company, Jean-François Vigier.

in Britain, a fuel depot located in Vern-sur-Seiche (Ille-et-Vilaine), and another on the port of Lorient (Morbihan), both blocked since midweek, were reopened by the police Friday afternoon, according to the prefectures. “The prefectural authorities have taken the necessary means to enable replenishment of service stations and the lifting of blockades of oil depots,” said in a statement the prefecture of the western zone defense.

Almost Rouen, the police also released the terminal fuel depot Ruby Grand-Quevilly, and four deposits that were blocked in the North, there remained only one blocked Friday night, according to prefectures. “Of the eight oil storage facilities (which were blocked in France), six sites were released either by negotiation or by the intervention of security forces. Because utilities must operate (…) economic life must continue, “said Friday the Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve on TF1.

To allow replenishment of service stations the government took “orders authorizing fuel trucks to circulate this weekend”, said for his part in a press Alain Vidal, Secretary of State for Transport.

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