Now PETROL is rationed as BP is forced to restrict deliveries and close petrol ...
Now PETROL is rationed as BP is forced to restrict deliveries and close forecourts because of lorry driver shortage
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BP has been forced to close some petrol stations and will restrict deliveries of petrol and diesel due to the ongoing shortage of HGV drivers.
The oil giant is understood to have informed the government that its ability to transport fuel from its refineries is being hit hard by the supply chain crisis.
It comes after BP's Head of UK Retail, Hanna Hofer, told the Cabinet Office last Thursday that it was important that the government understood the 'urgency of the situation' which she branded 'bad, very bad'.
Ms Hofer warned that the company had 'two thirds of normal forecourt stock levels required for smooth operations' and that levels were 'declining rapidly'.
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