In addition, we are talking about an international network such as Shell, which was the first Western brand to appear on the Hungarian fuel market.
In recent weeks, there have been events in the fuel industry that have never been seen before. It first began with an unprecedented drop in fuel prices in March and then continued with an unprecedented drop in demand at the wells. A natural benefit of this may be that some wells may even be closed. On the other hand, the fact that one of the biggest players, Shell, will be the first to step in the well closure, moreover, few have expected so quickly.
There are 13 Shell filling stations in the country that have suspended operations, including both capital and rural wells. In the case of rural towns, we can speak of county seats, towns where three or four Shell wells also operated in the past. Thus, one of them is now closed in Szeged, Nyíregyháza and Szombathely.
In addition to the closures, we can also see a drastic decrease in the opening hours at the Shell wells, there are rarely any wells that are open 24 hours a day, and in the case of wells open from 8 pm to 10 pm, the closing time has been changed to 6 pm in many places. Holtankoljak.hu.
Of course, the protection of workers in a virus situation may also have been an important consideration at Shell when they decided to change their opening hours.
In fact, the loss of revenue due to lost demand needs to be compensated for, the fastest means of which is to reduce maintenance costs. As a result, it is also conceivable that other networks will consider the matter, and we may see a caption temporarily closed at other wells as well.
(Source: vezess.hu / photo: pixabay.com)