Some 3.75% of French service stations ran out of gasoline or diesel on Monday morning, according to public data analyzed by AFP, which is not alarming at the end of a weekend, says the oil industry.
These figures are far from the more than 40% observed in the national average at the peak of the TotalEnergies and Esso-ExxonMobil refinery strike last October, with even more serious shortages in some regions. But they are higher than the 0.5% observed, for example, on Monday, January 2.
The statistics come from data available on the prix-carburants.gouv.fr website and cover approximately 10,000 points of sale. This national average masks regional disparities: almost one in five stations was affected on Monday in the Yvelines (18%) and more than one in ten (13%) in the Pas-de-Calais. In these two departments, 5% of the stations were dry, that is, they had neither diesel nor gasoline.
waiting for resupply
In four other departments (Hauts-de-Seine, Loir-et-Cher, Mayenne and Essonne), fuel shortages affect between 10 and 11% of the stations. According to tankers, it is common for one or more products to be out of stock after the weekend, waiting to be restocked.
The group “regrets that the terms established by the CGT are aimed at blocking the refineries and, therefore, making it difficult for the French to move around”, and ensures that it works with the authorities “who ensure the correct supply of the territory”.
At the same time, diesel stabilized last week in France at an average price of 1.8846 euros per liter, or 1.48 cents less than the previous week, according to figures from the Ministry of Energy Transition stopped on Friday and published on Monday. . Unleaded 95 costs on average €1.8572 per liter and unleaded 95-E10 €1.8365, each gaining less than a cent in a week.
Source: BFM TV
