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(Bloomberg) -- French refineries
remained shut and gas stations ran dry as unions held their fourth strike in two
months against President Sarkozy’s plan to raise the retirement age.
French oil companies plan to share supplies and transport in order to
combat shortages, says Jean-Louis Schilansky, head of refiners’ group Union
Francaise des Industries Petroliers.
“We have the products in the depots but we can’t get them to where they’re
needed,” Schilansky said. “We will work on a coordination of all
operators.”
France’s 12 refineries have been on strike for a week, and no crude is
arriving at the ports of Marseille, Le Havre and Nantes.
Total SA, the country’s biggest oil company, said a quarter of the 4,000
service stations it operates in France face shortages of one or more fuel
products because of the strike.
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