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TotalEnergies diesel price drops to €2.15 a litre at 705 stations in France
Its other outlets, excluding motorway stations, will see a drop next week. Heating-oil customers will also receive a discount
TotalEnergies is reducing the price of diesel to €2.15 per litre at 705 of its service stations from today (Saturday, October 31), ahead of the government’s release of 10 million barrels of diesel from its strategic fuel reserves.
The drop applies to the stations in its lower-cost Access network, which account for around 60% of the group’s fuel sales in France.
The announcement, made in a statement yesterday (October 30), came a day after TotalEnergies revealed net profits of $8.3billion (approximately €7.4billion) for the third quarter of the year – more than double the $3.7billion (€3.3billion) it made over the same period in 2025.
The company said it was lowering prices without waiting for the stockpiled diesel to be physically delivered, so that drivers could benefit immediately from reserves bought at their historic cost.
It comes as the government said drivers could expect fuel price cuts of up to 18 cents per litre from November 1.
Rest of the network to follow from Monday
TotalEnergies said it would lower diesel prices at the rest of its stations – excluding those on motorways – from Monday (November 2), with the size of the reduction depending on how international diesel markets move.
In all cases, the group will keep its €2.25 per litre ceiling on diesel across its entire French network. It had already pledged to keep its fuel price cap in place for as long as the Middle East conflict lasts.
The company added that households that heat their homes with fuel oil (fioul domestique) will also get a discount of €200 per cubic metre – the equivalent of 20 cents per litre – which will be shown on their bill.
Farmers and public works companies using off-road diesel (gazole non routier), along with fishermen buying marine diesel, will get 20 cents per litre off the international diesel market price. Again, the discount will be itemised on invoices.
Government expects a ‘visible’ drop at the pump
Earlier this month, France announced it would release 10 million barrels of diesel from its strategic reserves over three months, shared out between distributors according to their 2025 market share.
The government hopes this will bring pump prices down by between 12 and 18 cents per litre. TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné has been more cautious, suggesting the reduction passed on by his group would be closer to 8 to 12 cents.
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu previously met fuel distributors at Matignon to organise the release of the reserves and the price cuts that are meant to follow.
Maud Bregeon, government spokeswoman and minister for energy, said on Thursday that people would see a clear fall in prices at the pump next week, with the discount due to kick in from Sunday (November 1).
She called on TotalEnergies to set an example by passing on the full benefit of the reserve release and keeping its price cap in place for as long as necessary.
Stations must display the discount
The government has also moved to make sure the savings reach drivers. A decree requires distributors receiving the stockpiled diesel to pass the reduction on in their prices and to tell customers how much it is worth.
Each station is expected to put up a notice showing the discount applied. Ms Bregeon said the aim was to stop any link in the supply chain from quietly pocketing the difference.
The fraud and competition watchdog (DGCCRF) will carry out checks.
In other news, drivers in France are using their vehicles less but finding it harder to fill up, with fuel shortages hitting several departments across the country (October 27 figures).
