Gasoline shortage: empty gas stations this weekend? Where to fill up? The list

Gasoline shortage empty gas stations this weekend Where to fill

PETROL SHORTAGE CARD. There is better in the gas stations of France. However, local difficulties are still reported. How to check if a service station near you has fuel? Nothing could be simpler with our search engine by city!

[Mis à jour le 28 octobre 2022 à 10h00] The figures differ a little depending on the sources, but one thing is certain: if the situation has really improved in petrol stations in recent days, one month after the start of a strike movement in refineries and fuel of the TotalEnergies group and Esso-ExxonMobil, this is not yet a return to normal. According to reports made to the Ministry of Ecological Transition, between 15 and 18% of petrol stations in France were out of stock on at least one fuel on Wednesday October 26, with a predominance of shortages in unleaded petrol, 95, 98 or 95-E10.

The differences are still palpable depending on the departments and regions. Difficulties are still numerous in Ile de France where more than two-thirds of petrol stations were still out of stock on at least one fuel on Wednesday 26 October. The shortage is not limited to Paris, however, with significant shortages in more rural departments such as Puy de Dôme and Ain (more than 45% of stations lack at least one fuel). French Union of Petroleum Industries, Ufip, assured Friday, October 28 to expect a rapid improvement from the weekend. The government identifies, via the services of the Ministry of Transition and the Ministry of the Economy, the maximum amount of data available in petrol stations. However, national figures, like station-by-station data, should be taken with caution, as they depend on the goodwill of service station operators.

We have set up a search engine to find the list of fuels available in the stations of a department and/or a city. Only the places where the station managers have indicated the gasoline available and its price are displayed. The information is classified by date and time of update (“MAD”), to maximize your chances of finding fuel:

This search engine is based on the “instant flow” of fuel prices in France, provided by the Ministry of the Economy and available on the official website: https://www.fuel-prices.gouv.fr/. It is up to the point of sale concerned to declare its available fuels and its prices, as well as the dates and times of updates to the ministry.

The Ministry of the Economy also provides a map and a search engine. To facilitate your search, first fill in your region, your department or directly your municipality to display the stations near you.

This search engine and this map are made from the “instant flow” of fuel prices in France, provided by the Ministry of the Economy and available on the official website: https://www.fuel-prices.gouv.fr/. This operation generates some limits, the first being that of the absence of recent updates in many stations. Some prices or availability have not been entered for several days. Here is the manual anyway:

  • By zooming in and then clicking on a point on the map, you can display all the information about the station and scroll through the prices of each fuel with arrows.
  • Out-of-stock fuels are either explicitly mentioned on the map, or absent from the stations
  • It is up to the point of sale concerned to declare its station and its prices to the Ministry. Some groups, such as Total, also provide data that is sometimes more detailed.

You will find above a list published based on feedback from users of the app and the Mon Essence.fr website. Ile-de-France saw its stocks quickly empty after the start of strike movements in Normandy, on fuel depots which massively supply the Paris agglomeration. However, the situation seemed to be improving as the All Saints holidays approached.

A map published based on feedback from users of the Mon Essence.fr app and site and centered on Marseille is available above. The Marseille conurbation was one of the first to be affected by the gasoline shortage in early October and the situation remains difficult in places.

A map published based on feedback from users of the Mon Essence.fr app and website and centered on Lyon is available above. The Lyon conurbation is not one of the most affected regions, but several stations are still reported to be in a situation of shortage of one or more fuels.

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