PETROL SHORTAGE CARD. The strike continues in several refineries in France. What is the impact on gas stations?
A week of strike but no panic in gas stations. While the movement to say no to pension reform continues in some refineries, neither gasoline nor diesel is missing at the pump. This Monday, March 13, 2023, not a drop of fuel leaves the refineries of Donges, La Mède, Fos-sur-Mer or even Lavéra, just like Feyzin. However, production still continues at these industrial sites and the fuel is stored on site. The oil depots dependent on these refineries have not been delivered, but stocks are still high enough. Above all, these deposits are not blocked. The trucks can therefore fill their tanks and distribute the fuel to the various stations, thus limiting the risk of shortages in the immediate vicinity. Real consequences could begin to be felt at the pump if the movement in refineries were to continue for at least another big week. However, other refineries have resumed exports and the State has a strategic reserve from which distributors could draw. No need to rush to gas stations.
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 ordered by date and time of update (“UPDATE”), to maximize your chances of finding fuel:
This search engine is based on the “instant feed” of fuel prices in France, provided by the Ministry of the Economy, is available on the official website: https://www.prix-carburants.gouv.fr/ . It is up to the point of sale concerned to declare its fuels and 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 feed” of fuel prices in France, provided by the Ministry of the Economy and available on the official website: https://www.prix-carburants.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:
Another possibility is to use the map developed by the MonEssence.fr app, which is usually used to identify fuel prices near you based on feedback from users who themselves fill in the prices observed at the pump. In times of shortage, the app puts a map of the shortage online, always based on user feedback. It is not always fully up to date or updated regularly, but it provides an overall map of the situation in France.
