The Government has published its latest fuel supply data as it shifts to providing updates twice a week amid ongoing disruption linked to tensions in the Middle East.
Figures current to March 18 indicate New Zealand holds just under 50 days of petrol supply, with 49.9 days available either domestically or in transit. Diesel stocks sit at 45.5 days, while jet fuel reserves are recorded at 44.7 days. Overall, the country’s combined fuel coverage stands at 46.9 days.
Bureaucrats have also outlined incoming shipments aimed at maintaining supply levels. Eight fuel deliveries are due to arrive by April 1, with seven scheduled between March 19 and 25. These shipments are expected to provide an additional 20 days of petrol, 16 days of diesel, and 12 days of jet fuel.
A further shipment is planned for arrival between March 26 and April 1, though it will not include petrol. Instead, it is set to carry the equivalent of four days of diesel and 10 days of jet fuel.
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Not sure if people can fathom the implications.
Nothing like NZ has ever seen.
Mostly a case of wait and see what happens in the next few months. Best prepare for worst outcome.
Start looking.
And maybe thinking
Reserves? We have plenty of reserves in the oil and gas fields in and around New Zealand…problem is that Labour shut-down the Marsden Point refinery and strategically sabotaged the same by filling in the pipes with concrete!!!
The NZ Loyal party will enact emergency legislation to re-open a modernised Marsden Point refinery, and issue drilling and pumping permits!