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 = Stocks…
How much fuel does Australia get from Singapore?
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 2005, ignored…
Tankers arriving and departing in Sydney
Updated 12/11/26 This is a dynamic post. It will be updated as the situation in Hormuz and Bab el Mandeb changes and tankers are arriving and departing Jump straight to today’s critical…
Australian Diesel stock held in March 2026 declined by 10% in 4 weeks
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 CHRIS BOWEN:…
Australia Diesel Update January 2026 (part 2): MSO vs APS reporting
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 Statistics (APS)…
Yes Minister, Chinese tankers still arrive in Sydney – just in time
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 CHRIS BOWEN,…
Where does Australia get its diesel from? Update January 2026
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 Korea Fig…
China fuel exports suspension: Australia will have to replace 28% of its jet fuel imports from other countries
Australia’s jet fuel imports: Fig 1: Australian jet fuel imports While the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked: China urges refiners to suspend fuel exports amid Mideast war, sources say SINGAPORE, March 5…
Australia’s diesel import dependency on Strait of Hormuz is around 50 %
As the war in the Middle East has started, it’s time to update earlier posts on Australian fuel imports which indirectly depend on the Middle East. As of writing this post, Marine…
How many barrels of OPEC crude oil exports would be impacted in case of a Persian Gulf war ?
U.S. Gathers the Most Air Power in the Mideast Since the 2003 Iraq Invasion 18 Feb 2026 U.S. is ready to strike Iran but President Trump hasn’t yet decided to do so…