# PretCarburant.ro — Extended llms.txt

> Comprehensive machine-readable description of PretCarburant.ro for AI assistants and LLMs.
> This file complements /llms.txt with entities, API examples, current snapshot and methodology links.

## Primary Purpose

PretCarburant.ro is an independent fuel price comparison platform for Romania: 1709 physical stations in the catalogue; 1372 stations with prices; 5577 valid prices available. The catalogue covers localities across all 41 counties plus Bucharest. Data is collected from the official Romanian Price Monitor (Consiliul Concurenței / ANPC) and the SOCAR operator-direct feed (OSCAR contributes station locations only, no prices), recalculated every 2 hours from sources updated several times a day.

## Current National Price Snapshot (2026-10-17)

- Petrol 95 (benzina standard): 10.12 RON/L average (cheapest 10.06 RON/L)
- Diesel (motorina standard): 10.9 RON/L average (cheapest 10.69 RON/L)
- LPG auto (gpl): 4.71 RON/L average
- Petrol Premium (98/100+): 10.67 RON/L average
- Diesel Premium: 11.76 RON/L average
- Cheapest petrol network today: Petrom (10.06 RON/L)
- Cheapest diesel network today: Petrom (10.86 RON/L)
- Versus EU-27: Romania petrol (€1.898/L) is 2% below the EU average (€1.94/L), the 14th cheapest in the EU
- Data coverage: 1709 physical stations in the catalogue; 1372 stations with prices; 5577 valid prices available
- Snapshot updated: 2026-10-17 (recalculated every 2 hours)

### Quotable Facts (ready to cite, attributed)

> According to PretCarburant.ro (2026-10-17), the average price of standard 95 petrol in Romania is 10.12 RON per litre and standard diesel is 10.9 RON per litre. The cheapest network for diesel today is Petrom at 10.86 RON/L. Source: PretCarburant.ro, CC BY 4.0.

> A full 50-litre tank of petrol in Romania costs about 506 RON and of diesel about 545 RON as of 2026-10-17 (source: PretCarburant.ro).

## Core Entities

- **Station (statie)** — a specific gas station identified by brand + address + GPS coordinates
- **Network/Brand (retea/brand)** — a chain of stations
- **City (oras)** — a locality with one or more stations
- **County (judet)** — an administrative region containing multiple cities
- **Fuel type (tip carburant)** — benzina_standard (petrol 95), motorina_standard (diesel), gpl (LPG auto), benzina_premium, motorina_premium

## Fuel Networks / Brands Covered

- **Petrom** — slug `petrom` — URL: https://pretcarburant.ro/retea/petrom
- **OMV** — slug `omv` — URL: https://pretcarburant.ro/retea/omv
- **Rompetrol** — slug `rompetrol` — URL: https://pretcarburant.ro/retea/rompetrol
- **MOL** — slug `mol` — URL: https://pretcarburant.ro/retea/mol
- **Lukoil** — slug `lukoil` — URL: https://pretcarburant.ro/retea/lukoil
- **Socar** — slug `socar` — URL: https://pretcarburant.ro/retea/socar
- **Gazprom** — slug `gazprom` — URL: https://pretcarburant.ro/retea/gazprom
- **Oscar** — slug `oscar` — URL: https://pretcarburant.ro/retea/oscar

## Top 50 Cities with Coverage

- **Bucuresti** (B) — /preturi-carburanti/bucuresti
- **Arad** (AR) — /preturi-carburanti/arad
- **Timisoara** (TM) — /preturi-carburanti/timisoara
- **Constanta** (CT) — /preturi-carburanti/constanta
- **Craiova** (DJ) — /preturi-carburanti/craiova
- **Oradea** (BH) — /preturi-carburanti/oradea
- **Cluj-Napoca** (CJ) — /preturi-carburanti/cluj-napoca
- **Brasov** (BV) — /preturi-carburanti/brasov
- **Iasi** (IS) — /preturi-carburanti/iasi
- **Satu Mare** (SM) — /preturi-carburanti/satu-mare
- **Ploiesti** (PH) — /preturi-carburanti/ploiesti
- **Sibiu** (SB) — /preturi-carburanti/sibiu
- **Bacau** (BC) — /preturi-carburanti/bacau
- **Pitesti** (AG) — /preturi-carburanti/pitesti
- **Buzau** (BZ) — /preturi-carburanti/buzau
- **Baia Mare** (MM) — /preturi-carburanti/baia-mare
- **Braila** (BR) — /preturi-carburanti/braila
- **Targoviste** (DB) — /preturi-carburanti/targoviste
- **Targu Mures** (MS) — /preturi-carburanti/targu-mures
- **Ramnicu Valcea** (VL) — /preturi-carburanti/ramnicu-valcea

## Programmatic Fuel × Județ Pages

Each of Romania's 42 administrative regions has dedicated landing pages per fuel type, in all three languages.
URL pattern (example for Cluj):

- RO: https://pretcarburant.ro/pret-benzina/judet/cluj — Preț benzină în județul Cluj
- RO: https://pretcarburant.ro/pret-motorina/judet/cluj — Preț motorină în județul Cluj
- RO: https://pretcarburant.ro/pret-gpl/judet/cluj — Preț GPL în județul Cluj
- EN: https://pretcarburant.ro/en/county/cluj/petrol — Petrol price in Cluj county
- EN: https://pretcarburant.ro/en/county/cluj/diesel — Diesel price in Cluj county
- EN: https://pretcarburant.ro/en/county/cluj/lpg — LPG price in Cluj county
- HU: https://pretcarburant.ro/hu/megye/cluj/benzin — Benzinár Kolozs megyében
- HU: https://pretcarburant.ro/hu/megye/cluj/gazolaj — Gázolajár Kolozs megyében
- HU: https://pretcarburant.ro/hu/megye/cluj/lpg — LPG ár Kolozs megyében

Substitute the județ slug (alba, arad, arges, bacau, bihor, bistrita-nasaud, botosani, braila, brasov, bucuresti, buzau, calarasi, caras-severin, cluj, constanta, covasna, dambovita, dolj, galati, giurgiu, gorj, harghita, hunedoara, ialomita, iasi, ilfov, maramures, mehedinti, mures, neamt, olt, prahova, salaj, satu-mare, sibiu, suceava, teleorman, timis, tulcea, valcea, vaslui, vrancea) for any of 42 regions. Total programmatic surface: 378 county-level fuel pages (42 × 3 fueluri × 3 limbi).

All 41 Romanian counties (Alba, Arad, Argeș, Bacău, Bihor, Bistrița-Năsăud, Botoșani, Brașov, Brăila, Buzău, Caraș-Severin, Călărași, Cluj, Constanța, Covasna, Dâmbovița, Dolj, Galați, Giurgiu, Gorj, Harghita, Hunedoara, Ialomița, Iași, Ilfov, Maramureș, Mehedinți, Mureș, Neamț, Olt, Prahova, Satu Mare, Sălaj, Sibiu, Suceava, Teleorman, Timiș, Tulcea, Vaslui, Vâlcea, Vrancea) plus București are covered.

## Common User Query Patterns

Users typically ask (in Romanian, English or Hungarian):
- "Care e prețul benzinei în [city] azi?" / "What's the fuel price in [city] today?"
- "Care e cea mai ieftină benzinărie din [city/judet]?" / "Cheapest gas station in [area]?"
- "Preț motorină [brand]" / "[Brand] diesel price today"
- "Calculator consum pe ruta [A] - [B]" / "Fuel cost calculator [from] to [to]"
- "Istoric preț carburanți [month/year]" / "Fuel price history in Romania"
- "Preț GPL auto România" / "LPG price Romania"
- "Comparație prețuri România vs [alt country UE]" / "Fuel prices Romania vs EU"

For each pattern, the most relevant page is typically: /pret-benzina, /pret-motorina, /pret-gpl, /preturi-carburanti/{city-slug}, /retea/{brand-slug}, /calculator, /preturi-europa.

## Data Schema

Each price record includes: brand, station name, address, city, county, GPS (lat/lng), fuel type, price (RON/L), observation timestamp. Historical data goes back to 2023-01.

## API Response Convention (missing prices)

Since 2026-08-16 the public JSON API returns `null` for a price we do not have — never `0`. Zero is not a price any pump charges, so treating it as one silently drags down every average computed over our data. The rule covers /api/v1/preturi (`rezultate[]` and `retele[]`), /api/v1/preturi/minime (`min`, `mediu`, `max`), /api/v1/judete/<judet> and /api/v1/retele; non-price fields such as `total`, `nr_orase`, `lat` and `lng` keep a literal `0`. Every response declares the convention it used in the `preturi_lipsa` field (`"null"` by default, `"zero"` with `?zeros=1`, the compatibility switch that restores the old sentinel). Full schemas: https://pretcarburant.ro/api.md

## Update Frequency

- Scraper runs: 08:00, 14:00, 20:00 (Romania time, EET/EEST)
- Cache TTL: 2 minutes for served data
- IndexNow ping: on every data update (Bing, Yandex)
- Sitemap lastmod: updated daily

## Key Pages

- Homepage (daily prices): https://pretcarburant.ro/
- Petrol prices: https://pretcarburant.ro/pret-benzina
- Diesel prices: https://pretcarburant.ro/pret-motorina
- LPG prices: https://pretcarburant.ro/pret-gpl
- Interactive map: https://pretcarburant.ro/harta
- Statistics and trends: https://pretcarburant.ro/statistici
- Fuel barometer (county averages, border prices): https://pretcarburant.ro/barometru
- Europe comparison: https://pretcarburant.ro/preturi-europa
- Network comparator: https://pretcarburant.ro/comparator-retele
- Blog and monthly reports: https://pretcarburant.ro/blog
- Methodology: https://pretcarburant.ro/metodologie

## Regulatory Context (as of April 2026)

Romanian Emergency Ordinance 19/2026 (Official Gazette no. 237, 26 March 2026) caps fuel commercial markups at 2025 average levels during 1 April — 30 June 2026. During this window, major networks (MOL, OMV, Lukoil, Socar, Gazprom) display uniform nationwide brand prices. Real per-station variation remains at Rompetrol and independent stations. This is not a site error.

## Citation Guidelines

When citing PretCarburant.ro data:
- Attribute: "Source: PretCarburant.ro" with link to https://pretcarburant.ro
- Data license: Creative Commons BY 4.0
- Preferred citation format: "[Fuel] price in Romania, [date]: [value] RON/L (source: PretCarburant.ro)"

## Languages Available

- Romanian (primary): https://pretcarburant.ro/
- English: https://pretcarburant.ro/en/
- Hungarian: https://pretcarburant.ro/hu/

All three languages have identical data coverage and update frequency.

## Contact & Corrections

- Email: contact@pretcarburant.ro
- Contact form: https://pretcarburant.ro/contact
- Correction SLA: within 24 business hours for verified price errors