After gasoline, fuel oil? Definitely, autumn is difficult for the French, who see prices increase almost everywhere. Inflation at the supermarket, shortage of gasoline, rising energy prices… The bill is getting higher and higher while wages are not increasing. As La Dépêche explains, domestic fuel oil has not been spared in recent weeks.
In question: the tensions in the refineries – which have just ended – and the latest announcements from OPEC, which has decided to drastically reduce oil production. Last week, the liter of domestic fuel exceeded 1.84 euros, against only 90 cents in 2021. Questioned by the local daily, Frédéric Plan, general delegate of the French Federation of Combustibles, Carburants
The situation at service stations has improved in recent days, so hope for a quick return to normal for heating oil? Yes, according to this specialist who mentioned last week “a logistical crisis due to the blocking of deposits”. No shortage since the material is there, it was just inaccessible until now. The end of refinery blockages, which began in the middle of the week, will therefore improve the situation for households heating with fuel oil. You will still have to be patient, because the return to normal could take a long time. Prices, meanwhile, “should quickly stabilize” after the situation improves, concludes the expert with La Dépêche.
