Service stations have responded to ease restrictions due to coronavirus



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THE mole It previously announced that it has temporarily closed 28 of its service stations in Hungary. All three refineries at the oil company operate continuously at a capacity of over 70 percent, and are definitely trying to avoid downtime. It was also stated that Mol would retain $ 1 billion in its planned investments at the group level.

THE Shell Starting April 1, it temporarily applied limited hours at some of its service stations in Hungary. Based on slowly growing traffic, starting this week, longer opening hours were reintroduced at 7 service stations across the country. Due to changes in customer habits and reduced traffic due to the coronavirus epidemic, the number of visits to each service station is monitored weekly and opening hours are adjusted if necessary. Currently, 15 of the 189 service stations in Hungary, which are located in cities or areas with multiple wells, are still temporarily closed. Shell’s closest open well was clearly marked at each of the service stations involved.

Shell has stated that it will support its partners that operate well with the contractual resources available to maintain its liquidity, and thus its supply chain, and to provide a secure, high-quality, government-compliant service in the situation. epidemiological, while retaining staff. .

Pál Szilárd, the Avia The MTI CEO said that, in line with trends in the fuel market, Avia’s network will also be significantly affected by the decrease in consumption. Different levels of traffic reduction were measured at each of its service stations, depending on its location. He added that Avia’s network is not made up of multinational companies, but of Hungarian-owned family companies, which in many cases operate the service station as their sole source of income. The operators of each well are trying to stay afloat by reducing opening hours, stopping new investments, and reducing costs as much as possible. Temporary closure of service stations can only be a last resort, but it will be forced to take measures that negatively affect workers and operators if necessary. He added that the special retail tax further reduces the possibilities for individual operators.

Although demand has decreased due to the curfew, it is OMV It does not plan to close service stations, but the opening hours of some service stations have been modified to suit the situation. Just over 15 percent of the 170 service stations operated by OMV changed opening hours, and the change took just 1-1 hours for a few wells, they wrote.

Normbenz Magyarország Kft. Operates 77 Hungarians in its own employee system Lukoil service stations. The company is constantly analyzing the situation, the number of employees has not been reduced and the opening hours of any service station have not yet changed, said Máté László Koltai, marketing coordinator for Normbenz Magyarország Kft., A MTI.



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