The fuel is starting to run out in some gas stations in the Urban Area. Do not panic, we are still quite far from the “shortage” that feared, as of last June, the international energy agencyin particular because of the war in Ukraine.
The hypermarkets and supermarkets we contacted have all assured us: “There is no shortage announced by our suppliers”.
“More diesel” in Menoncourt
Only Total stations are impacted in the sector. Not all. Those that were delivered a few days ago still have stock. But those who counted on their delivery Thursday and Friday, where which are delivered daily, were quickly dry. This is the case at the Total Station in Menoncourt, in the Territoire de Belfort. “We have not been delivered this morning, so we will not have any more diesel for this weekend”, regrets the manager, on the phone. “But there is still diesel +”.
“We still have fuel”, comments, from the Total station in Pont-de-Roide, Mrs. De Ronchi, from the garage of the same name. “But our order scheduled for yesterday (Editor’s note: Thursday) has not arrived. “Annoying, for their customers, because the garage closed this Friday evening for annual leave.
One million liters per month in Montbéliard
Any shortages have nothing to do with discounts at the pump of the French oil group. The 12 cents discount, announced in June, only concerns stations located on the highway. As for the discount of 20 centimes per litre, announced at the end of July, it will not come into effect until 1is september.
Some Total stations still had fuel on Friday. This was the case, at the end of the morning, at Voujeaucourt, or at the end of the followingnoon at Giromagny.
As of Friday morning, on the other hand, there was no longer any unleaded 98 or 95 E10 at the Total Access station of the Nedey concession, in Montbéliard. Logic. “The Montbéliard station is one million liters per month, that of Valentigney, 300,000, and Voujeaucourt, 200,000”, comments the boss of the group of the same name, Valère Nedey. The Total station in Valentigney was completely closed on Friday morning. In summary, larger flows encountered shortages more quickly.
Valère Nedey: “There will be fuel this weekend”
There are several reasons for these delivery delays. “We are supplied by Mulhouse”, explains Valère Nedey. But the current level of the Rhine is no longer high enough to ensure the supply of fuel. In this case, “it’s Dijon that takes over to supply us,” he continues. Problem: on the Dijon side, we depend on the Feyzin refinery , which in recent days has encountered problems and was at a standstill, which has led to fuel shortages elsewhere in France. Finally, it is the Marseille refinery which supplies Dijon. The shortages are therefore rather delays in deliveries, linked to these logistical problems. But Valère Nedey assures him, concerning the stations of his group, “there will be fuel this weekend”.
