TotalEnergies is stepping up operational monitoring of fuel supplies across Fiji, with managing director and chief executive Bhavana Samel saying the company maintains frequent contact with service stations and has systems to speed deliveries when pumps run low. The comments are the latest development in efforts to reassure the public and regulators about the domestic fuel supply amid wider concerns over global disruptions.
“We deliver as per our schedule and we talk to station managers three times a day,” Ms Samel said, describing routine communications designed to keep forecourts topped up. She added that the company has procedures in place to respond rapidly when a station’s reported levels fall below threshold. “As and when we come to know any station is running low, then we immediately activate the delivery to that station,” she said.
Ms Samel acknowledged that brief, temporary shortages can still occur because of the time needed to move product from storage terminals to retail outlets. “Of course, it will take time from the time it will fill from our terminal to reach the station, so it could be out of fuel for maybe one hour or couple of hours or so, that could be happening,” she said, explaining why customers may occasionally encounter a short outage even when delivery teams have been dispatched.
The statement arrives against a backdrop of heightened sensitivity to fuel security following escalating tensions in the Middle East earlier this month. The Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission warned that instability around the Strait of Hormuz — a major artery for global oil shipments — could feed through to higher international fuel prices and squeeze supply chains, leaving Fiji vulnerable as a price taker. TotalEnergies’ update is intended to show active domestic management while those international risks persist.
TotalEnergies said its teams are “closely monitoring all stations very closely” to ensure deliveries are made as quickly as possible. The company did not disclose details such as the size of its delivery fleet, inventory levels at terminals, or any changes to its regular delivery schedules, but emphasised the three-times-daily station contact as a key control point in its logistics chain.
For motorists and businesses, the practical implication is that brief interruptions at individual service stations remain possible during the handover from terminal to pump, but the company says such events are being managed to minimise disruption. The latest comments frame TotalEnergies’ approach as an operational response to both routine demand fluctuations and the risk of wider supply shocks linked to international events.
This is the most recent public comment from TotalEnergies management on local supply arrangements; the company said it will continue monitoring station stock levels and dispatching deliveries as needed to maintain continuity of service.
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