International fuel names list

[Stuart R]

I thought it would be useful to have a table of the most common fuel names for different stoves by country.
The four fuel types are: Butane/propane gas for a canister stove, ethanol for an alcohol stove, naphtha for a "white gas" stove and kerosene for a multifuel stove.
I didn't see the need to include gasoline – you just go to a gas station for that!
For each fuel type, the most common name for that fuel is given, plus at most one alternative.
"Names" in quotes indicate a shortened name, if commonly used.
(Brackets) are used if the fuel is NOT commonly available at campsites and small towns in popular hiking areas.

It's a short table at present – please post the names used in your country (or corrections) and I will update the table.
Why the big white space?

Country	Butane Gas	Ethanol	Naphtha	Kerosene
U.S.A.	Gas canister	Denatured Alcohol	White Gas	Kerosene
Australia	Gas canister	Methylated Spirit "Metho"	Shellite	Kerosene "Kero"
Canada	Gas canister	Denatured Alcohol	White Gas	Kerosene
France	Cartouche de gas	Alcool denature Alcool a bruler	Essence C	?
U.K.	Gas canister	Methylated Spirit "Meths"	(Coleman Fuel) (Lighter Fluid)	(Paraffin)

[David Thomas]

I agree with "white gas" in USA at a backpacking shop or at a trailhead and I prefer it. But I get further with "Coleman Fuel" at Walmart, a grocery store, or in a camping/hunting store.

[Roger B]

What about this link International Fuel Names

[ed hyatt]

There are already quite a few of these around..

http://fuel.papo-art.com/#tableoffuelnames

http://www.mark-ju.net/juliette/meths.htm

I like this meths specific one as it mentions taste :-)

[Stuart R]

I didn't know that the list at fuel.papo-art.com was still maintained, I only had a very old copy as a text file from the 90's. Shame it still doesn't include canister gas tho'.

[Ross Mellows]

Nearly 10 years later this resource is still going & has just been moved to a new domain at https://www.internationalfuelnames.org

The code has been updated & it is now fully responsive across all devices.

[Alexander L]

Agree.  In Canada everyone knows white gas as Coleman Camp Fuel.  At specialty outfitters it’s also called by the brand name ‘MSR’ gas.

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