Recent verified changes
Diesel moved to 32.0 days6.0 days week on week · source date 2026-03-17United Kingdom DIESEL cover moved 6 days week on week.
LPG moved to 20.0 days6.0 days week on week · source date 2026-03-17United Kingdom LPG cover moved 6 days week on week.
Crude moved to 43.0 days6.0 days week on week · source date 2026-03-17United Kingdom CRUDE cover moved 6 days week on week.
Petrol moved to 27.0 days5.0 days week on week · source date 2026-03-17United Kingdom PETROL cover moved 5 days week on week.
Jet fuel moved to 23.0 days5.0 days week on week · source date 2026-03-17United Kingdom JET cover moved 5 days week on week.
LNG moved to 17.0 days5.0 days week on week · source date 2026-03-16United Kingdom LNG cover moved 5 days week on week.
Methodology for this country page
Reserves Monitor never treats the article publish date as the stock measurement date. Each live claim stores a separate source date, extraction time, and last checked time.
The public confidence score is deterministic. It is reduced for non-official sources, inferred calculations, on-water or mixed stock scope, and stale source windows.
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Evidence trail
Live source cards
Official sources rank first. Media or modelled values are labeled explicitly.
Uses weekly stock and consumption data to estimate days left for road fuels and jet. Official volumes exist, but cover is derived.
Source titleOil and petroleum products weekly statistics
PublisherUK Government
Source date2026-03-17
Published date3/18/2026, 9:30:00 AM
Extracted date3/21/2026, 12:15:00 AM
Last checked3/21/2026, 8:55:00 AM
Classificationreporting extracted
Confidence63/100 · medium
Snippet: Inventories remain steady but not abundant.
- No official day-cover figure found for the same measurement window.
- Publisher passed the editorial ranking threshold.
- Days-of-cover figure cross-checked against at least one secondary signal.
Uses weekly stock and consumption data to estimate days left for road fuels and jet. Official volumes exist, but cover is derived.
Source titleOil and petroleum products weekly statistics
PublisherUK Government
Source date2026-03-17
Published date3/18/2026, 9:30:00 AM
Extracted date3/21/2026, 12:15:00 AM
Last checked3/21/2026, 8:55:00 AM
Classificationreporting extracted
Confidence63/100 · medium
Snippet: Inventories remain steady but not abundant.
- No official day-cover figure found for the same measurement window.
- Publisher passed the editorial ranking threshold.
- Days-of-cover figure cross-checked against at least one secondary signal.
Uses weekly stock and consumption data to estimate days left for road fuels and jet. Official volumes exist, but cover is derived.
Source titleOil and petroleum products weekly statistics
PublisherUK Government
Source date2026-03-17
Published date3/18/2026, 9:30:00 AM
Extracted date3/21/2026, 12:15:00 AM
Last checked3/21/2026, 8:55:00 AM
Classificationreporting extracted
Confidence63/100 · medium
Snippet: Inventories remain steady but not abundant.
- No official day-cover figure found for the same measurement window.
- Publisher passed the editorial ranking threshold.
- Days-of-cover figure cross-checked against at least one secondary signal.
Uses weekly stock and consumption data to estimate days left for road fuels and jet. Official volumes exist, but cover is derived.
Source titleOil and petroleum products weekly statistics
PublisherUK Government
Source date2026-03-17
Published date3/18/2026, 9:30:00 AM
Extracted date3/21/2026, 12:15:00 AM
Last checked3/21/2026, 8:55:00 AM
Classificationreporting extracted
Confidence63/100 · medium
Snippet: Inventories remain steady but not abundant.
- No official day-cover figure found for the same measurement window.
- Publisher passed the editorial ranking threshold.
- Days-of-cover figure cross-checked against at least one secondary signal.
Estimates LNG-equivalent cover from storage, linepack, and recent send-out because the UK does not publish a single live days-cover figure.
Source titleSecurity of gas supply outlook
PublisherOfgem
Source date2026-03-16
Published date3/17/2026, 11:15:00 AM
Extracted date3/21/2026, 12:18:00 AM
Last checked3/21/2026, 8:55:00 AM
Classificationinferred modelled
Confidence38/100 · low
Snippet: Storage and import flexibility remain tight.
- No direct stock-days figure published by an official source.
- Estimate derived from inventories, runs, or import cadence with explicit caveats.
- Flagged for monitoring until a fresher direct source appears.
Converts reported crude inventories and refinery intake into crude-cover days.
Source titleCrude oil stocks and refinery intake summary
PublisherUK Government
Source date2026-03-17
Published date3/18/2026, 9:30:00 AM
Extracted date3/21/2026, 12:20:00 AM
Last checked3/21/2026, 8:55:00 AM
Classificationreporting extracted
Confidence80/100 · high
Snippet: Crude cover remains better than products.
- Official publisher domain matched the source registry.
- Fuel unit normalized to days of cover before publication.
- Measurement date captured separately from article date.
Helium cover is carried as a clearly labeled modelled reserve layer. It is maintained separately from core fuel-cover layers and is not blended into the overall fuel metric.
Source titleReserves Monitor helium reserve model
PublisherReserves Monitor
Source date2026-03-17
Published date3/18/2026, 9:30:00 AM
Extracted date3/21/2026, 12:20:00 AM
Last checked3/21/2026, 8:55:00 AM
Classificationinferred modelled
Confidence46/100 · low
Snippet: Helium reserve cover is shown as a clearly labeled modelled layer.
- Derived only from live approved country fuel claims.
- Underlying source dates and badges are preserved on each component layer.
- Modelled layer is clearly labeled and linked to methodology.
Weighted composite of petrol, diesel, jet, LPG, and LNG live claims. Crude is shown separately and is not blended into the public overall-fuel number.
Source titleReserves Monitor weighted fuel-cover methodology
PublisherReserves Monitor
Source date2026-03-17
Published date3/18/2026, 9:30:00 AM
Extracted date3/21/2026, 12:20:00 AM
Last checked3/21/2026, 8:55:00 AM
Classificationinferred modelled
Confidence56/100 · low
Snippet: Composite cover uses weighted live fuel layers.
- Derived only from live approved country fuel claims.
- Underlying source dates and badges are preserved on each component layer.
- Modelled layer is clearly labeled and linked to methodology.
Applies the country import-stress penalty to the weighted overall-fuel layer. This is explicitly modelled and does not replace directly sourced fuel layers.
Source titleReserves Monitor disruption-adjusted cover model
PublisherReserves Monitor
Source date2026-03-17
Published date3/18/2026, 9:30:00 AM
Extracted date3/21/2026, 12:20:00 AM
Last checked3/21/2026, 8:55:00 AM
Classificationinferred modelled
Confidence48/100 · low
Snippet: Import reliance discounts the overall cover estimate.
- Derived only from live approved country fuel claims.
- Underlying source dates and badges are preserved on each component layer.
- Modelled layer is clearly labeled and linked to methodology.
Archive
Superseded claim history
Older approved claims stay archived instead of being silently overwritten.
Petrol previously sat at 22.0 daysSource date 2026-03-10 · Media · superseded by gbr petrol liveUses weekly stock and consumption data to estimate days left for road fuels and jet. Official volumes exist, but cover is derived.
Diesel previously sat at 26.0 daysSource date 2026-03-10 · Media · superseded by gbr diesel liveUses weekly stock and consumption data to estimate days left for road fuels and jet. Official volumes exist, but cover is derived.
Jet fuel previously sat at 18.0 daysSource date 2026-03-10 · Media · superseded by gbr jet liveUses weekly stock and consumption data to estimate days left for road fuels and jet. Official volumes exist, but cover is derived.
LPG previously sat at 14.0 daysSource date 2026-03-10 · Media · superseded by gbr lpg liveUses weekly stock and consumption data to estimate days left for road fuels and jet. Official volumes exist, but cover is derived.
LNG previously sat at 12.0 daysSource date 2026-03-09 · Estimated · superseded by gbr lng liveEstimates LNG-equivalent cover from storage, linepack, and recent send-out because the UK does not publish a single live days-cover figure.
Crude previously sat at 37.0 daysSource date 2026-03-10 · Official · superseded by gbr crude liveConverts reported crude inventories and refinery intake into crude-cover days.