The Portuguese government said it was forced to send part of its strategic fuel reserves abroad because the Matosinhos refinery closed and the Sines refinery lacks storage capacity

“Portugal foi obrigado a enviar uma parte das reservas para fora do país por falta de capacidade de armazenamento.”

Machine translation: Portugal was forced to send part of the reserves abroad due to lack of storage capacity

“Portugal foi obrigado a enviar uma parte destas reservas para fora do país, isto devido ao feixo da Central de Refinação de Matosinhos e ao facto da Central de Sines não ter capacidade suficiente para armazenar estas reservas.”

Portugal was forced to send part of these reserves abroad, due to the closure of the Matosinhos Refining Center and the fact that the Sines Center does not have enough capacity to store these reserves.