In the night from Wednesday to Thursday, the tank discount ends in Germany;

the temporarily reduced energy tax on fuel will then be increased again.

This alone means that diesel will be around 17 cents more expensive per liter, and Super E10 by as much as 35 cents.

Christian Siedenbiedel

Editor in Business.

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The oil companies had warned that it could not be ruled out that so many motorists wanted to fill up quickly before the tax was raised again that fuel could run out at individual filling stations.

Now the first motorists are complaining about experiences in this direction.

A banker from Frankfurt reports that he wanted to fill up at two Esso gas stations in western Frankfurt on Monday evening.

On one of them there was a barrier tape, on the other the petrol pumps said that there was no such thing.

In southern Germany and on the Dutch border

In individual cases, something like this also happens, depending on the gas station.

So this is not entirely exceptional.

At the moment, however, the situation seems to be a bit tense overall.

Jürgen Ziegner, managing director of the central association of the petrol station trade, said that such cases had recently occurred in southern Germany, mainly because of logistical difficulties.

In addition, there were empty gas stations at the Dutch border because drivers from the Netherlands came across the border to fill up again before the end of the tank discount in Germany.

logistical challenge

The general manager of the Fuels and Energy Association, which represents the oil companies in Germany, recently spoke of a “logistical challenge” at a press conference.

Willig did not want to rule out that "in individual cases" gas stations could also run empty.

There are currently various challenges to security of supply, Willig explained.

The low water level in the Rhine has multiplied transport costs, while there are also bottlenecks on the rails and among tanker truck drivers.

Refineries would have planned and unplanned shutdowns.

In the case of diesel, it is also noticeable that companies are buying heating oil to replace natural gas;

However, heating oil and diesel were closely related in production.

And on top of all this, there is now the expected higher demand due to the end of the tank discount.

Fuel prices continue to rise

On national average, fuel prices have continued to rise.

On Monday, a liter of diesel cost an average of 2.077 euros per liter and Super E10 1.78 euros per liter.

Both were new highs, at least for August.

It is debatable whether this is an anticipated price increase due to the end of the tank discount.

The ADAC thinks so. The mineral oil industry association says there are other reasons, the price increase due to the end of the tank discount is yet to come.