The Hungarian oil and gas company MOL announced on Friday that it will limit fuel purchases for citizens to 50 liters per day to ensure sufficient gasoline and diesel during the period of increased demand due to the tourist season and harvest.
– We have introduced this limit (on fuel sales at gas stations)… to guarantee supply – said Piroška Bakoš, spokesperson for the Hungarian company, to Reuters.
Customers filling fuel into canisters will no longer be entitled to a discount, Bakoš added.
Demand for fuel in summer is usually 30 to 40 percent higher than in the rest of the year due to tourism and harvest, which involves higher diesel consumption, explains the spokesperson for the Hungarian company.
Imports have been reduced due to frozen prices, so MOL must cover the difference.
The government has frozen gasoline and diesel prices at 480 forints per liter.
MOL’s CEO Zsolt Hernadi stated in April that freezing prices for an extended period could lead to shortages. Prices are now significantly below market levels, adds Reuters.
The Hungarian government has already released fuel from reserves to balance the market, notes the agency.
