The Minister for Environment and Energy has today assured that Portugal “is doing very well” in terms of fuel reserves, dispelling alarms about its scarcity at a time when in France there are some products missing.
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23/09/2026
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“ Nwe are very well in our reserves. In general, in liquid fuels, we have 92 days, the recommended is 90. In the ‘jet fuel’, we had a 3% increase in consumption by the end of August, but we managed to have 18% more reserves,” the Environment Minister said in the margins of signing a protocol between the Almada City Council and EPAL.
The French press has reported that there are fuel stations where some products are missing, with the French Minister for Economics, Roland Lescure, referring in statements to France Inter radio that “on Monday morning, 17% of the stations did not have at least one type of fuel”.
Minister of Environment and Energy Maria da Graça Carvalho assured today that the Portuguese government is monitoring the international situation, which she considers worrying, but ensures that Portugal has good fuel reserves.
“ As I have always said, we have a variety of fuel suppliers that have always been very reliable, none of them are in the zone of instability, so we have Brazil, Nigeria, Algeria and the United States as main suppliers,” he explained.
However, the governor said that she considers it to be a “good sense element of all” and of those who have the responsibility of the Energy and Climate policy to recommend that fewer fossil fuels be consumed.
It recommends that the Portuguese reduce their consumption to the maximum, with the awareness that there is a crisis.
“Always be aware, and much more now, that we are facing a crisis that we do not control, that we do not know when it will end and how it will end. We must be aware of not using it if it is not completely necessary,” he said.
Reduce speed and share rides are some of Maria da Graça Carvalho's advice.
In addition, the minister said, Portugal is working to reduce its dependence on fuel to the maximum, referring to the plan to reduce fossil fuels to 50% by 2034, electrifying as much as possible and replacing what is not possible to electrify by renewable fuels.
“ This dependence is bad from the point of view of security in supply, from the point of view of the country's sovereignty, from the point of view of competitiveness and for the portfolio of each of us and businesses. The sooner we are only dependent on what is produced in Portugal, such as our renewables and our renewable fuels, the better it is,” he said.