About Sagess
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Obligations and guarantees
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Learn more about the European directive on minimum strategic oil reserves.
Controlling Logistics
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Discover the pipeline owned by SAGESS, connecting the storage site of Manosque to the Berre area.
News on Sagess
Key figures
Oil products around the world
- 40% of worldwide energy demand is supplied by oil products (35% in France
- 94% of energy demand in the transportation sector is from oil products
- 30% of worldwide oil production comes from the Middle East
- 70% of the world’s oil reserves are in the Middle East
- 10 French refineries process the oil products needed in France, using crude oil - nearly all imported
- 25% of gas and domestic fuel consumed in France is imported
SAGESS at-a-glance
- 15 days’ worth guaranteed for gasoil
- 10 days’ worth guaranteed for gasoline
- 120 storage facilities around the country
- 83% of credit financed by debenture
- 11.9 million tonnes of reserves
History of SAGESS stocks
In the past 20 years, SAGESS stocks have multiplied by approximately seven, and have almost doubled over the past ten years.
