PETROL SHORTAGE CARD. The gasoline shortage seems to be easing in France this week. However, local difficulties are still reported and it is better to check if the petrol stations near you have fuel available. For this, our search engine below gives you the answer in one click!
[Mis à jour le 26 octobre 2022 à 16h50] 14.5% is the percentage of petrol stations which still deplore this Wednesday a break in at least one type of fuel, according to data analyzed by AFP. Monday, they were still 21%, a sign that the situation is slowly improving in France. The total shortage (no fuel available) thus still affects nearly 10% of stations at the national level, but the differences are still palpable depending on the departments and regions.
Difficulties are still numerous in Ile de France where 62% of petrol stations in Hauts-de-Seine deplore the lack of at least one fuel, 46% in Val-de-Marne or 42% in Seine-Saint-Denis . Motorists from other departments are not varnished, in particular those of Yonne where 34% of the stations still display a total rupture with no pump delivering diesel or gasoline.
The gasoline shortage is therefore beginning to fade, but will it soon be a bad memory for motorists? If the specter of a new strike movement announced on October 27 and November 10 next sows doubt, the last official figures communicated show a clear improvement since on Monday, the Minister of Transport Clément Beaune had assured that “a little more than 10 % of service stations are still in difficulty”. The member of the government had specified on the antenna of France Info that this data means that there is “missing at least one product”. 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.
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.
- 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.