Due to the coronavirus epidemic, fuel sales in Hungary fell significantly, by 25-30 percent.
Compared to March, sales of diesel fell by 25 percent, while those of gasoline fell by as much as 30 percent in April, said Ottó Grád, Secretary General of the Hungarian Petroleum Association.
According to the Secretary General, there is no problem with the supply, as there is an abundance of oil, but the demand for fuel in Hungary has also dropped significantly at filling stations. The figures reported by MÁSZ cover an average decline, but there were filling stations where revenue fell to a much greater extent. There was a gas station by the highway where a single car was charged in one day.
According to Grád, it is normal to have a nationwide network where wells are optimized, i.e. closed periodically. Mol will suspend the operation of 28 wells (out of 468) from the end of May, and opening hours will be shortened at many wells.
Shell closed 15 filling stations in the current situation and shortened the opening hours at half of the wells.
(Source: vezess.hu / photo: pixabay.com)