Asia

India fuel cover monitor

India still shows usable headline cover, but the disruption-adjusted estimate compresses quickly once import stress is applied.

25.0 daysPetrol days left
23.1 daysOverall fuel cover
16.9 daysDisruption-adjusted cover

Last verified 3/21/2026, 9:10:00 AM. Snapshot generated 3/20/2026, 3:37:21 PM.

Key signals

  • Petrol cover is 25 days with a official badge.
  • LPG is the thinnest primary layer at 17 days.
  • PETROL moved -3 days week on week.

Current view

Current days left by fuel type

Each figure jumps to the live claim card for that fuel layer.

Recent verified changes

  • LPG moved to 17.0 days6.0 days week on week · source date 2026-03-17

    India LPG cover moved 6 days week on week.

  • Crude moved to 68.0 days6.0 days week on week · source date 2026-03-17

    India CRUDE cover moved 6 days week on week.

  • Diesel moved to 28.0 days5.0 days week on week · source date 2026-03-17

    India DIESEL cover moved 5 days week on week.

  • Jet fuel moved to 20.0 days5.0 days week on week · source date 2026-03-17

    India JET cover moved 5 days week on week.

  • Petrol moved to 25.0 days4.0 days week on week · source date 2026-03-17

    India PETROL cover moved 4 days week on week.

  • LNG moved to 20.0 days5.0 days week on week · source date 2026-03-16

    India 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.

Read the source ranking and validation policy

Evidence trail

Live source cards

Official sources rank first. Media or modelled values are labeled explicitly.

  • Petrol
    Official25.0 days
    Open source

    Uses PPAC stock and consumption series to express petrol, diesel, jet, and LPG holdings in days of cover.

    Source titleProduct consumption and stock review
    PublisherPetroleum Planning and Analysis Cell
    Source date2026-03-17
    Published date3/18/2026, 5:45:00 AM
    Extracted date3/20/2026, 11:50:00 PM
    Last checked3/21/2026, 8:45:00 AM
    Classificationreporting extracted
    Confidence80/100 · high

    Snippet: Product stocks remain above emergency thresholds.

    • Official publisher domain matched the source registry.
    • Fuel unit normalized to days of cover before publication.
    • Measurement date captured separately from article date.
  • Diesel
    Official28.0 days
    Open source

    Uses PPAC stock and consumption series to express petrol, diesel, jet, and LPG holdings in days of cover.

    Source titleProduct consumption and stock review
    PublisherPetroleum Planning and Analysis Cell
    Source date2026-03-17
    Published date3/18/2026, 5:45:00 AM
    Extracted date3/20/2026, 11:50:00 PM
    Last checked3/21/2026, 8:45:00 AM
    Classificationreporting extracted
    Confidence80/100 · high

    Snippet: Product stocks remain above emergency thresholds.

    • Official publisher domain matched the source registry.
    • Fuel unit normalized to days of cover before publication.
    • Measurement date captured separately from article date.
  • Jet fuel
    Official20.0 days
    Open source

    Uses PPAC stock and consumption series to express petrol, diesel, jet, and LPG holdings in days of cover.

    Source titleProduct consumption and stock review
    PublisherPetroleum Planning and Analysis Cell
    Source date2026-03-17
    Published date3/18/2026, 5:45:00 AM
    Extracted date3/20/2026, 11:50:00 PM
    Last checked3/21/2026, 8:45:00 AM
    Classificationreporting extracted
    Confidence80/100 · high

    Snippet: Product stocks remain above emergency thresholds.

    • Official publisher domain matched the source registry.
    • Fuel unit normalized to days of cover before publication.
    • Measurement date captured separately from article date.
  • LPG
    Official17.0 days
    Open source

    Uses PPAC stock and consumption series to express petrol, diesel, jet, and LPG holdings in days of cover.

    Source titleProduct consumption and stock review
    PublisherPetroleum Planning and Analysis Cell
    Source date2026-03-17
    Published date3/18/2026, 5:45:00 AM
    Extracted date3/20/2026, 11:50:00 PM
    Last checked3/21/2026, 8:45:00 AM
    Classificationreporting extracted
    Confidence80/100 · high

    Snippet: Product stocks remain above emergency thresholds.

    • Official publisher domain matched the source registry.
    • Fuel unit normalized to days of cover before publication.
    • Measurement date captured separately from article date.
  • LNG
    Media20.0 days
    Open source

    Uses reporting on tank inventories and expected cargo arrivals to estimate LNG days left.

    Source titleIndia LNG inventories tighten as spot cargoes slow
    PublisherBusiness Standard
    Source date2026-03-16
    Published date3/16/2026, 3:20:00 PM
    Extracted date3/20/2026, 11:55:00 PM
    Last checked3/21/2026, 8:40:00 AM
    Classificationreporting extracted
    Confidence67/100 · medium

    Snippet: Spot cargo cover is thinning.

    • 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.
  • Crude
    Official68.0 days
    Open source

    Combines SPR disclosures with commercial crude inventories to derive crude cover in days.

    Source titleStrategic petroleum reserve and commercial stock position
    PublisherPress Information Bureau
    Source date2026-03-17
    Published date3/17/2026, 1:30:00 PM
    Extracted date3/20/2026, 11:57:00 PM
    Last checked3/21/2026, 8:45:00 AM
    Classificationreporting extracted
    Confidence82/100 · high

    Snippet: SPR and commercial tanks are tracked separately.

    • Official publisher domain matched the source registry.
    • Fuel unit normalized to days of cover before publication.
    • Measurement date captured separately from article date.
  • Overall fuel cover
    Model23.1 days
    Open source

    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, 5:45:00 AM
    Extracted date3/20/2026, 11:57:00 PM
    Last checked3/21/2026, 8:45:00 AM
    Classificationinferred modelled
    Confidence72/100 · medium

    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.
  • Disruption-adjusted cover
    Model16.9 days
    Open source

    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, 5:45:00 AM
    Extracted date3/20/2026, 11:57:00 PM
    Last checked3/21/2026, 8:45:00 AM
    Classificationinferred modelled
    Confidence64/100 · medium

    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 21.0 daysSource date 2026-03-10 · Official · superseded by ind petrol live

    Uses PPAC stock and consumption series to express petrol, diesel, jet, and LPG holdings in days of cover.

  • Diesel previously sat at 23.0 daysSource date 2026-03-10 · Official · superseded by ind diesel live

    Uses PPAC stock and consumption series to express petrol, diesel, jet, and LPG holdings in days of cover.

  • Jet fuel previously sat at 15.0 daysSource date 2026-03-10 · Official · superseded by ind jet live

    Uses PPAC stock and consumption series to express petrol, diesel, jet, and LPG holdings in days of cover.

  • LPG previously sat at 11.0 daysSource date 2026-03-10 · Official · superseded by ind lpg live

    Uses PPAC stock and consumption series to express petrol, diesel, jet, and LPG holdings in days of cover.

  • LNG previously sat at 15.0 daysSource date 2026-03-09 · Media · superseded by ind lng live

    Uses reporting on tank inventories and expected cargo arrivals to estimate LNG days left.

  • Crude previously sat at 62.0 daysSource date 2026-03-10 · Official · superseded by ind crude live

    Combines SPR disclosures with commercial crude inventories to derive crude cover in days.