French truck blockade would hit petrol retail hard

By Marguerita Choy

PARIS, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Oil supplies at French petrol stations would run dry after a week if truckers go ahead with threats to mount road blockades across the country in a pay dispute, oil industry experts said on Friday.

The impact on the country's refineries would be less immediate, with production cuts only likely after a few weeks of blockades. No major effect was expected on international oil markets, they said.

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