Recent verified changes
LNG moved to 10.0 days6.0 days week on week · source date 2026-03-17New Zealand LNG cover moved 6 days week on week.
LPG moved to 12.0 days6.0 days week on week · source date 2026-03-16New Zealand LPG cover moved 6 days week on week.
Jet fuel moved to 15.0 days5.0 days week on week · source date 2026-03-16New Zealand JET cover moved 5 days week on week.
Diesel moved to 22.0 days4.0 days week on week · source date 2026-03-16New Zealand DIESEL cover moved 4 days week on week.
Petrol moved to 19.0 days3.0 days week on week · source date 2026-03-16New Zealand PETROL cover moved 3 days week on week.
Crude moved to 24.0 days4.0 days week on week · source date 2026-03-15New Zealand CRUDE cover moved 4 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 published oil stock series, import cadence, and terminal inventory commentary to estimate days left by refined product.
Source titleOil stocks and fuel resilience update
PublisherMinistry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Source date2026-03-16
Published date3/17/2026, 1:20:00 AM
Extracted date3/20/2026, 10:20:00 PM
Last checked3/21/2026, 7:40:00 AM
Classificationinferred modelled
Confidence38/100 · low
Snippet: Domestic storage and import arrivals remain the key constraints.
- 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.
Uses published oil stock series, import cadence, and terminal inventory commentary to estimate days left by refined product.
Source titleOil stocks and fuel resilience update
PublisherMinistry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Source date2026-03-16
Published date3/17/2026, 1:20:00 AM
Extracted date3/20/2026, 10:20:00 PM
Last checked3/21/2026, 7:40:00 AM
Classificationinferred modelled
Confidence38/100 · low
Snippet: Domestic storage and import arrivals remain the key constraints.
- 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.
Uses published oil stock series, import cadence, and terminal inventory commentary to estimate days left by refined product.
Source titleOil stocks and fuel resilience update
PublisherMinistry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Source date2026-03-16
Published date3/17/2026, 1:20:00 AM
Extracted date3/20/2026, 10:20:00 PM
Last checked3/21/2026, 7:40:00 AM
Classificationinferred modelled
Confidence38/100 · low
Snippet: Domestic storage and import arrivals remain the key constraints.
- 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.
Uses published oil stock series, import cadence, and terminal inventory commentary to estimate days left by refined product.
Source titleOil stocks and fuel resilience update
PublisherMinistry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Source date2026-03-16
Published date3/17/2026, 1:20:00 AM
Extracted date3/20/2026, 10:20:00 PM
Last checked3/21/2026, 7:40:00 AM
Classificationinferred modelled
Confidence38/100 · low
Snippet: Domestic storage and import arrivals remain the key constraints.
- 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.
Approximates LNG-equivalent cover from stored gas, linepack, and recent demand. This remains a low-confidence estimate.
Source titleGas availability and storage note
PublisherGas Industry Company
Source date2026-03-17
Published date3/18/2026, 2:15:00 AM
Extracted date3/20/2026, 10:25:00 PM
Last checked3/21/2026, 7:35:00 AM
Classificationinferred modelled
Confidence48/100 · low
Snippet: Storage flexibility is limited.
- 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.
Uses shipping and terminal reporting to estimate how many days of crude-equivalent feedstock remain accessible to the market.
Source titlePacific product import monitor
PublisherReuters
Source date2026-03-15
Published date3/15/2026, 11:00:00 AM
Extracted date3/20/2026, 10:30:00 PM
Last checked3/21/2026, 7:30:00 AM
Classificationreporting extracted
Confidence59/100 · low
Snippet: Most flexibility comes from seaborne arrivals.
- 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.
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, 2:15:00 AM
Extracted date3/20/2026, 10:30:00 PM
Last checked3/21/2026, 7:40:00 AM
Classificationinferred modelled
Confidence27/100 · 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, 2:15:00 AM
Extracted date3/20/2026, 10:30:00 PM
Last checked3/21/2026, 7:40:00 AM
Classificationinferred modelled
Confidence37/100 · 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, 2:15:00 AM
Extracted date3/20/2026, 10:30:00 PM
Last checked3/21/2026, 7:40:00 AM
Classificationinferred modelled
Confidence29/100 · 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 16.0 daysSource date 2026-03-09 · Estimated · superseded by nzl petrol liveUses published oil stock series, import cadence, and terminal inventory commentary to estimate days left by refined product.
Diesel previously sat at 18.0 daysSource date 2026-03-09 · Estimated · superseded by nzl diesel liveUses published oil stock series, import cadence, and terminal inventory commentary to estimate days left by refined product.
Jet fuel previously sat at 10.0 daysSource date 2026-03-09 · Estimated · superseded by nzl jet liveUses published oil stock series, import cadence, and terminal inventory commentary to estimate days left by refined product.
LPG previously sat at 6.0 daysSource date 2026-03-09 · Estimated · superseded by nzl lpg liveUses published oil stock series, import cadence, and terminal inventory commentary to estimate days left by refined product.
LNG previously sat at 4.0 daysSource date 2026-03-10 · Estimated · superseded by nzl lng liveApproximates LNG-equivalent cover from stored gas, linepack, and recent demand. This remains a low-confidence estimate.
Crude previously sat at 20.0 daysSource date 2026-03-08 · Media · superseded by nzl crude liveUses shipping and terminal reporting to estimate how many days of crude-equivalent feedstock remain accessible to the market.