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- Matt Mushalik (MEAust, CPEng) Sydney
![This post will show how the Australian government has introduced new dimensions in oil statistics which will hopefully lead to the dawning of the Age of “let the diesel in”. […]](http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Australian-fuel-orders-Apr-2026.jpg "Australia’s 5th Dimension in securing diesel supplies")
![Remember this: 15/4/26 ABC News finance report, including a picture of the “armada” of diesel tankers heading for Australia: Fig 1: Diesel Armada heading for Australia https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-15/wednesday-finance-with-alan-kohler/106568156 Just as NORD […]](http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Diesel-tankers-from-US-Apr-May26.jpg "Alan Kohler’s Diesel Armada has hit Sydney")
![An update to the Minimum Stockholding Obligation has been published today: Fig 1: Chart published by the DCCEEW https://www.dcceew.gov.au/energy/security/australias-fuel-security/minimum-stockholding-obligation/statistics#download …and presented by the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Energy Minister […]](http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Comparison-MSO-APS-stock-levels-14Apr2026.jpg "Australian diesel stocks stabilized mid April 2026")
![Where has all the diesel gone? The moment of the truth for monthly fuel stock taking: Stocks at beginning of month + Imports – Exports + Refinery output – Sales […]](http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Australia-monthly-diesel-stock-change-Jan2025-1.jpg "Discrepancies in diesel sales and stocks in the Australian Petroleum Statistics")
![Energy Super Power Australia is forced to beg neighbours for oil and fuels as a result of 2 decades of failed energy policy since the conventional crude oil peak in […]](http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/AU-Diesel-imports-Singapore-Jan21-Jan26.jpg "How much fuel does Australia get from Singapore?")
![The Australian Energy Minister Chris Bowen released the fuel stock data for the reporting date of 31/3/2026. Press conference, Fairfield West 4 April 2026 MINISTER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY […]](http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Australia-diesel-tank-use-3-31Mar2026.jpg "Australian Diesel stock held in March 2026 declined by 10% in 4 weeks")
![This is part 2 of the post from 19 March https://crudeoilpeak.info/where-does-australia-get-its-diesel-from-update-january-2026 In many previous posts on Australia’s oil import vulnerability this website has used monthly data from The Australian Petroleum […]](http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Australian-diesel-sales-2010-Jan2026.jpg "Australia Diesel Update January 2026 (part 2): MSO vs APS reporting")
![In a lucky-down-under episode of the BBC series “Yes, Minister” https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006xtc3 we try to verify the Energy Minister’s repeated statements like this one: Press conference, Brisbane, QLD 20 March 2026 […]](http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/SHAN-HU-ZUO-COSCO.jpg "Yes Minister, Chinese tankers still arrive in Sydney – just in time")
![Fig 1: Australian diesel imports by country. Stacked The scale in the following graphs is the same, so that a comparison is easy. Fig 2: Australian diesel imports from South […]](http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Australian_diesel_imports_by_country_2004_Jan2026.jpg "Where does Australia get its diesel from? Update January 2026")
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