<Anchor> The



temperature has dropped like this, but it is difficult to obtain kerosene for heating in all parts of the country.



There are still many places that are heated with kerosene instead of city gas or electricity, but a reporter from Labor Gyu reported on why the supply was reduced and how short it was.



<Reporter> This



is a gas station in Chungbuk.



In the cold wave that came again, a procession of people who came to get kerosene continues.



Kerosene is an essential heating fuel for farms with poor electricity and gas conditions.



[Ahn Jae-hwan / Mokgam-dong, Siheung-si, Gyeonggi-do: It’s cold when you first come home, and warm when you use kerosene and the boiler runs...

.] Only



8,000 liters of kerosene remains at this gas station, less than a day's worth.



Even though it was difficult to find in three days.



[Gas station owner: No matter how late (after ordering), it was common to come in one day, but even though we placed an order 3 days ago, it was said'delivery is difficult'...

.] At



every oil station across the country, tankers wait in line from midnight to get kerosene, so getting kerosene from the beginning of this month is picking stars in the sky.



[Yudo article: There have been times when I was thrown away.

Even today, SK ordered'two cars' to ship kerosene from 7 o'clock in the morning, but because there was no oil, only one car was available...

.]



Seoul gas stations with relatively low kerosene demand are no exception.



[Seoul ○○ gas station owners. "Take it to the next morning, as you come in the morning to go Would not that have come to call it a day more orders, so Bring the phone]



refineries thing happened two kerosene crisis worsened earnings in Corona This is because production was reduced by dropping the facility utilization rate to around 60%.



Kerosene for aircraft and kerosene for heating are produced at the same time, but as consumption of aviation fuel declined, production declined, affecting the supply and demand of fuel for the common people.



[Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Oil Industry Division Person: (to the refinery) I made a phone call once.

I think there are some companies with tight supply and demand right now.

But now it's not enough to cause problems...

.] The



government belatedly started lending up to 100,000 barrels of stockpile oil from the 25th.



In the industry, the kerosene supply and demand emergency is expected to continue for another two weeks.



(Video coverage: Yoohyuk Yoo, video editing: Kim Jong-woo, CG: Gong Gong-su, VJ: Park Hyun-woo)