Hungary’s Strategic Reserves Available for Domestic Use

The Hungarian Ministry of Technology and Industry announced on Saturday that Hungary is releasing part of the country's strategic petrol and diesel reserves to secure domestic fuel supplies, helping to address the situation caused by the longer-than-planned shutdown of ÖMV’s Schwechat oil refinery near Vienna.

ÖMV will replenish the released strategic gasoline and diesel reserves as soon as possible.

It was stressed that despite the breakdown of OMV's Austrian refinery, fuel supplies were guaranteed in Hungary.

According to the announcement, the Hungarian government's priority is to ensure that the population and the economy have access to affordable fuel at all times.