Mohamed Chaabouni, president of the Professional Group of the Petroleum Industry in Senegal (GPP), announced that the entity plans to make a joint call for tenders for the supply of petroleum products to the country in order to protect itself from a stock shortage.
At the end of a meeting with the Senegalese Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Sophie Gladima, in the presence of the director of the African Refining Company (SAR), the president of the GPP declared that work will continue to consolidate needs and "possibly issue a joint call for tenders for the needs of the State, of the country, on the different products to ensure this difficult period."
It should be noted that this meeting was attended by the general director of PETROSEN Holding, a company with majority public participation, as well as officials from the Ministry of Finance.
"With the Ukrainian crisis, the molecules used in the manufacture of various petroleum products (gasoline, diesel, crude oil, kerosene) have become difficult to find on the international market," according to Mohamed Chaabouni. He explains: "we will continue to work together to supply these very important products for Senegal."
Dakar's Blaise Diagne International Airport (AIBD) is facing a shortage of kerosene due to "an unfavorable international situation." Its operator called on Monday for airlines landing there to ensure their own fuel supply for return flights.
In a statement on Tuesday, Senegalese Minister of Petroleum and Energy Sophie Gladima acknowledged tensions in the supply of hydrocarbons due to the crisis in Ukraine, but assured that the country "is not running out of petroleum products even if she acknowledged that "the situation is very tense."
"The kerosene supply system is seriously disrupted" due to "an unfavorable international situation" combined with "unprecedented tensions on the prices of certain raw materials," said Blaise-Diagne International Airport in Dakar (AIBD) in a press release on Monday evening, calling on airlines landing there to ensure their own fuel supply for return flights.
"Aircraft refueling operations will no longer be able to continue as of Wednesday, April 20, 2022" at midday, "for a provisional period of two weeks" indicated the Aviation Fuel Handling Company (SMCady), owned by several foreign oil groups.
Faced with this situation, the AIBD, whose operation has been entrusted by the Senegalese State to two Turkish companies, Limak and Summa, is calling on air carriers to "take the necessary measures (...) to ensure fuel autonomy for return flights."
In any case, the coming days will undoubtedly allow us to measure the real impact of this "shortage" linked to the conflict in Ukraine, which is also affecting the maritime and land transport sector.
