The petrol picture in Scotland

The strike at the Grangemouth oil refinery has been affecting fuel buying around Scotland.

Queues at the pumps have been reported in some areas of the country.

Below is a round up of the current situation in your area.

NORTH OF SCOTLAND

A tanker was unloading thousands of tonnes of fuel at Aberdeen harbour on Monday.

The Border Thistle docked on Sunday night carrying 2,000 tonnes of diesel and 1,000 tonnes of kerosene at BP and Shell's Point Law terminal.

It was being unloaded into storage tanks at the harbour side, and fuel trucks have begun the task of taking the fuel to filling stations across the North East of Scotland.

North east motorists had been facing some problems.

A number of filling stations ran out of some types of fuel and a number of garages, which had been able to replenish their stocks, were forced to introduce rationing.

One forecourt in Huntly restricted sales to £25 per customer.

Retailers say they are constantly monitoring the situation with their suppliers.

On Sunday, a spokesman for Asda said it does not get its stocks from Grangemouth and does not expect any significant problems at any of its petrol stations.

He added that any temporary shortages would be because demand was outstripping supply, not because it was unable to get supplies.

Senior officials from the emergency services and the local authorities have been holding regular meetings to try to minimise any potential disruption caused by fuel shortages.

The Grampian Strategic Co-ordinating Group (SCG) urged motorists not to panic buy.

SOUTH OF SCOTLAND

The vast majority of garages across the Borders believe they have enough fuel to get through the current strike action at Grangemouth.

Restrictions have been put in place at filling stations in Selkirk and Galashiels over the past few days, and the Shell Garage at Jedburgh ran out of ordinary diesel on Sunday - although it was due a delivery on Monday.

But Morrisons in Hawick has more than 55,000 litres of fuel and Eyemouth Filling Station stated on Sunday that it had plenty of both petrol and diesel.

Meanwhile, in Dumfries and Galloway an emergency planning team has been set up to assess the local impact of the industry action and the message is business as usual.

It said fuel supplies in the region have not been reduced and it is only an increase in demand which has been putting pressure on the pumps.

HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS

There have been reports of increased buying of fuel across the Highlands - mainly in Inverness, Skye and Lochaber.

In outlying areas some are rationing fuel to £10 or £20 per customer. In one case a garage owner said he would only sell to regulars.

A shortage of fuel over the weekend has had a notable impact on prices at the pumps, with costs increasing by up to 2p.

Unleaded petrol was being sold for £1.09 and £1.10 a litre in Inverness.

It was also noticeable that more fuel tankers were on the roads than usual in the effort to re-stock filling stations.

A delivery of fuel to the Western Isles by sea tanker Border Heather on Friday was welcomed by local MP Angus MacNeil.

Inverness Harbour took delivery of two shiploads of fuel on Thursday and another tanker delivered more fuel on Sunday morning.

It was expecting deliveries to get back to normal during the week but it said consumption was up.

TAYSIDE AND CENTRAL

In Tayside, police have issued an appeal to motorists to stop panic buying so it can be "business as usual" in the area.

They are meeting regularly with representatives of NHS Tayside; Dundee, Perth and Angus Councils; Tayside Fire and Rescue; the Scottish Ambulance Service; Scottish Environment Protection Agency; and the Coastguard Agency to minimise the consequences of the industrial action at Grangemouth.

Police have been visiting petrol stations to monitor any issues on the forecourts.

They have had one or two reports of frustrated motorists venting their feelings on garage staff, but believe the vast majority were listening to the advice being given.

Assistant Chief Constable Clive Murray said that across Tayside the picture was generally very good, with occasional shortages caused by some panic buying.

He added that over the weekend there had been a big improvement with fuel supplies getting through and regular deliveries to most of the filling stations.

ACC Murray urged drivers to lead by example by behaving responsibly, reducing avoidable journeys and using public transport.

Shell South Esk in Montrose said panic buying was continuing, and called the situation absolute bedlam.

It ran out of diesel and did not know when to expect another delivery, but it had a delivery of petrol on Sunday morning.

In Perth, the Esso at the Broxden Services ran out of diesel midweek, but had a delivery late on Saturday night.

Manager Ian Niven said people were going mad and only buying small amounts of petrol because their tanks were already full.

GLASGOW AND THE WEST

Panic buying appears to have calmed down across the area but some stations are experiencing problems.

Rohan at the Broomfield Service Station in Glasgow said supplies were fine at the moment and, while the station was extremely busy last week, there seemed to be less demand.

Hillfoot Auto Supplies in Bearsden said it is full just now, but is not sure when the next delivery will arrive.

The Jet Hillington Filling Station has limited supplies. It is an emergency station so if it starts to run low on fuel it will close to the public. The police will then have to guard the garage to ensure only emergency service vehicles can fill up their tanks.

The Braeside Garage in Chryston said it would experience problems if its next tanker was not delivered but said it has not seen a repeat of the panic buying and long queues of last week.

Sood Enterprises in Castlebank also reported that panic buying had died down. Supplies there are said to be fine at the moment.

Similarly the Mearnskirk Filling Station in Newton Mearns said demand was back to normal.

Munro's Garage in Cambuslang has completely run out of fuel and is only open to retail sales.

But the Buchandyke Filling Station in East Kilbride and the Phoenix Filling Station in Glasgow were not experiencing problems.

EDINBURGH AND THE EAST

Lothian buses are running bus services as usual on Monday.

The Scottish Government said there had been a misunderstanding about diesel supply and the operator would receive enough fuel to maintain its usual service. The Rix garage in Kirkcaldy, Fife, has been charging £1.30 for a litre of diesel and £1.20 for unleaded as demand increases.

BP garages in Sighthill and Newbridge had run out of diesel but still have petrol.

. The only garage in Linlithgow has been restricting purchases to £20 for petrol and diesel.

Some 10,000 litres of diesel and red diesel fuel was siphoned out of two large tanks and stolen from a depot near Linlithgow last week. The fuel was valued at about £10,000.

In Fife, the Shell garage in St Andrews had run out of both petrol and diesel but had a delivery on Friday night and now has supplies again.

John Hastie and Son garage in Prestonpans has had to put up a notice reminding customers not be to be rude to forecourt attendants, who have had to suffer incidents of verbal abuse.