Impact of energy crisis

French Total petrol stations face fuel shortages due to price action

Door zijn prijzen te bevriezen, zag TotalEnergies een overrompeling op zijn stations, die nu leidt tot tekorten. Shutterstock, 2026

The Iran war is slowly turning into a full-blown energy crisis. In France, petrol stations are already facing fuel shortages, partly as a result of an action by TotalEnergies.

The energy crisis is spreading. Out of about 10,000 petrol stations, 750 are currently facing a shortage of diesel and 569 a shortage of SP95-E10. A total of 12.59% are thus facing a partial fuel shortage. This was calculated by French price comparison website Carbu.com.

It is mainly TotalEnergies’ petrol stations that seem to be running out of fuel, and this is a result of the chain’s own action. The latter decided, in response to the fuel crisis, to freeze its prices for the time being, and recently extended this intervention until 7 April. Limiting petrol prices to 1.99 euros per litre and diesel prices to 2.09 euros made it cheaper than many of its competitors, leading to a rush at its petrol stations. Due to this stampede, tanks at numerous petrol stations are empty.

Commenting to the newspaper Le Populaire Du Centre, TotalEnergies said it did not want to talk about a shortage. “There may be some local tensions at certain stations,” a spokesperson nuanced. “We mainly see an increase in traffic at our stations, related to the price caps. We are adjusting our logistics to replenish the stock as soon as possible.”

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This article was automatically translated from the Dutch language original to English (British).

Author: Matthieu Van Steenkiste

Source: MobilityEnergy.com

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