Serious fuel shortage expected in Hungary from next week: here are the details
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It has been a busy week for the fuel market. Based on the oil price and the forint exchange rate, the market price of fuel may decrease. However, many wells are not served at all by MOL, so fuel shortages are possible. As of Monday, 21 November, a total of 28 municipalities in Hungary are at risk of running out of fuel.
As reported by Vezess.hu, from 21 November, Monday, MOL will leave around 250 petrol stations without fuel. Although the state-owned oil company says this is a temporary situation, it will also put out-of-network petrol stations in a difficult situation, which could jeopardise the supply of fuel to smaller towns.
Fuel shortage expected in these settlements
Index has obtained a list of municipalities where fuel shortages could occur. The list was clear after MOL’s announcement from the Independent Petrol Stations Association (Független Benzinkutak Szövetsége, FBSZ):
Aba, Baja, Bakonycsernye, Balassagyarmat, Berettyóújfalu, Berhida, Besenyőtelek, Demecser, Fehérvárcsurgó, Gödöllő, Gyöngyös, Hajdúböszörmény, Hercegszántó, Kiskunfélegyháza, Lajosmizse, Molnaszecsőd, Nagytarcsa, Nyírbogdány, Nyíregyháza-Sóstófürdő, Nyírkárász, Nyírpazony, Pörböly, Pusztaszabolcs, Sárszentmihály, Szászvár, Szentantalfa, Szigetszentmárton és Tápióbicske.
Minimal amounts of fuel allowed
In recent days, several independent petrol stations have reduced the amount of fuel one can buy at the official price to a minimum, Vezess.hu writes. In Balassagyarmat, for example, there is a station where you can buy one litre. The reason for this is that operators are losing millions of forints a month due to the fuel price freeze.